Stratum definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary STRATUM, n. plu. stratums or strata. The latter is most common ... status; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class" [syn: class, stratum, social class, socio-economic class] 3: an abstract place usually ... the mind functions on many strata simultaneously" [syn: level, layer, stratum] Merriam Webster's noun (plural strata) Etymology: New Latin, from ... of the sea or atmosphere that is analogous to a stratum of the earth c. a layer of tissue < deep stratum of the skin > d. a layer in which archaeological ...
stratum granulosum definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: the layer of epidermis just under the stratum corneum or (on the palms and soles) just under the stratum lucidum; contains cells (with visible granules) that die and move ...
stratum corneum definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: the ... the epidermis consisting of dead cells that slough off [syn: stratum corneum, corneum, horny layer] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: New ...
stratum lucidum definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: the layer of epidermis immediately under the stratum corneum in the skin of the palms and soles
Dip of a stratum definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Dip Dip, n. 1. The ... with a horizontal line; -- called also inclination. Dip of a stratum (Geol.), its greatest angle of inclination to the horizon, or ...
... as the bed of a mortar. 7. A layer; a stratum; an extended mass of any thing, whether upon the earth ... sand, or under a bank. 6. To lay in a stratum; to stratify; to lay in order or flat; as bedded ... on the ocean bed" [syn: bed, bottom] 4: (geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock); "they found a bed of sandstone" 5: a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with ... bed > 3. a supporting surface or structure ; foundation 4. layer, stratum 5. a. the place or material in which a block ... c the slates etc. on a billiard-table. 6 a stratum, such as a layer of oysters etc. --v. (bedded, ...
... unexpected things was an iron knife dug up from a stratum indicating a period not far from the time when Israel ... Bliss). At Tell el-Chesy only one-third of each stratum was excavated; at Tell Zakariya only one-half; at Jerusalem ... handles. An Astarte was found in the Jewish or Greek stratum, as also various animal forms. The Astarte was very curious ... the virgin rock only at one point; but the oldest stratum uncovered showed a people living in houses, having fire, cooking ... conflagration, and is separated from the next by a heavy stratum of cinders and ashes. The fifth city is remarkable for ... the Biblical kings (10th or 8th century BC), but the stratum favors this dating. The seal was evidently owned by ...
Strata definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary STRATA, n. plu. [See Stratum.] Beds; layers; as strata of sand, clay or coal. Oxford Reference Dictionary pl. of STRATUM. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Secondary Sec"ond*a*ry, a ... Webster's 1913 Dictionary Strata Stra"ta, n., pl. of Stratum. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Stratum Stra"tum, n.; pl. E. Stratums, L. Strata. The latter is more common. [L., from sternere, stratum, to spread; akin to Gr. ? to spread, strew. See Strew ... course. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary Strata is the plural of stratum. Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. pl. [ L. ...
... and covered with pitch. 3. In mines, a vein or stratum of metal, ore, coal and the like. 4. A cicatrix ... wrinkles" [syn: wrinkle, furrow, crease, crinkle, seam, line] 3: a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with ... by the abutment of edges b. a thin layer or stratum (as of rock) between distinctive layers; also a bed of ... between parallel edges. 3 a wrinkle or scar. 4 a stratum of coal etc. --v.tr. 1 join with a seam ... they join. --Addison. 3. (Geol. & Mining) A thin layer or stratum; a narrow vein between two thicker strata; as, a seam ... line of juncture. 2. Fissure, crevice. 3. (Mining.) Thin layer, stratum, or bed; narrow vein. 4. Scar, cicatrice, cicatrix. II. ...
... YER, n. la'er. [from lay, the verb.] 1. A stratum; a bed; a body spread over another; as a layer ... the mind functions on many strata simultaneously" [syn: level, layer, stratum] 4: a hen that lays eggs 5: thin structure composed ... or fold laid or lying over or under another b. stratum c. horizon 2 3. a. a branch or shoot of ... Prob. a corruption of lair.] That which is laid; a stratum; a bed; one thickness, course, or fold laid over another ... V n Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. 1. Stratum, bed. See lay, 1. 2. Course (as of bricks). 3 ... lay up, lower atmosphere, outer atmosphere, photosphere, scale, stratify, stratosphere, stratum, substratosphere, tropopause, troposphere, upper atmosphere
... as the dip of the needle. The dip of a stratum, in geology, is its greatest inclination to the horizon, or ... drop < a dip in popularity > c. the angle that a stratum or similar geological feature makes with a horizontal plane 3 ... the earth's magnetic field. 9 Geol. the angle a stratum makes with the horizon. 10 sl. a pickpocket. 11 a ... with a horizontal line; -- called also inclination. Dip of a stratum (Geol.), its greatest angle of inclination to the horizon, or ...
... definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary SUPERSTRA'TUM, n. [super and stratum.] A stratum or layer above another, or resting on something else. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: any stratum or layer superimposed on another [syn: superstrate, superstratum] 2: the ... superstrate, superstratum] Oxford Reference Dictionary n. (pl. -strata) an overlying stratum.
... impose.] To lay or impose on something else; as a stratum of earth superimposed on a different stratum. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) v 1: place on top ... Superimposing.] To lay or impose on something else; as, a stratum of earth superimposed on another stratum. -- Su`per*im`po*si"tion, n. Collin's Cobuild ...