stratum

  • 11Stratum — Stratum, Mehrzahl strata. lat., Schichte, Lager; stratificiren, schichten; Stratification, die Schichtung der Gebirgsarten …

    Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • 12stratum — index class Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 13stratum — is normally pronounced strah tǝm, and has the plural form strata. The use of strata as a singular noun (with a plural stratas) is erroneous: • ☒ The earth s crust contains stratas of hot, dry rock and natural aquifers C. Wheater et al., 1990 …

    Modern English usage

  • 14stratum — [n] layer bed, gradation, grade, lamina, level, lode, seam, sheet, stratification, thickness, vein; concept 744 …

    New thesaurus

  • 15Stratum — Stra̱tum [zu lat. sternere, stratum = hinstreuen, hinbreiten] s; s, Stra̱ta: flache, ausgebreitete Schicht von Zellen (Anat.). Stra̱tum basa̱le (epi|dẹrmidis) [↑Epidermis]: die unterste Schicht der Oberhaut. Stra̱tum cere|bra̱le (re̱tinae): die… …

    Das Wörterbuch medizinischer Fachausdrücke

  • 16stratum — stratous, adj. /stray teuhm, strat euhm/, n., pl. strata /stray teuh, strat euh/, stratums. 1. a layer of material, naturally or artificially formed, often one of a number of parallel layers one upon another: a stratum of ancient foundations. 2.… …

    Universalium

  • 17Stratum — Stra|tum 〈n.; s, Stra|ta〉 1. 〈Soziol.〉 Gesellschaftsschicht 2. 〈Sprachw.; bes. in der Stratifikationsgrammatik〉 Strukturebene (z. B. Phonetik, Morphologie, Semantik, Syntax) 3. 〈Biol.〉 ausgebreitete Zellschicht, Lebensraum in Form einer Schicht… …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 18stratum — stra•tum [[t]ˈstreɪ təm, ˈstræt əm[/t]] n. pl. stra•ta [[t]ˈstreɪ tə, ˈstræt ə[/t]] stra•tums 1) a layer of material, naturally or artificially formed, often formed one upon another 2) layer; level: an allegory with many strata of meaning[/ex] 3) …

    From formal English to slang

  • 19stratum —   Papa, āpapa, nu u, pa a.     Horizontal stratum, papa moe.     Heavenly stratum, papa lani.     Highest stratum of the heavens, lewa lani.     Lower stratum, papa lalo …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 20stratum — UK [ˈstrɑːtəm] / US [ˈstrɑtəm] noun [countable] Word forms stratum : singular stratum plural strata UK [ˈstrɑːtə] / US [ˈstrɑtə] 1) a group or class in society A particular stratum of society may be politically dominant. 2) science a layer of a… …

    English dictionary