stratify
verb/ˈstratɪfʌɪ/
Etymology From French stratifier.
1
To become separated out into distinct layers or strata.
- Even without a pronounced social class system, people in a large society tend to stratify.
2
To separate out into distinct layers or strata.
- In this cut you can see how the sedimentary rock layers have been clearly stratified.
- Derived terms
- costratify, destratify, interstratify, overstratify, restratify, stratifiable
- Related terms
- stratum, stratification, stratosphere