Stratum : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Stratum	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Stratum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stratum n one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock) people having the same social, economic, or educational status; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class" Synonym(s): class, stratum, social class, socio-economic class an abstract place usually conceived as having depth; "a good actor communicates on several levels"; "a simile has at least two layers of meaning"; "the mind functions on many strata simultaneously" Synonym(s): level, layer, stratum
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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}, and cf. {Consternation}, {Estrade}, {Prostrate}, {Stratus}, {Street}.] 1. (Geol.) A bed of earth or rock of one kind, formed by natural causes, and consisting usually of a series of layers, which form a rock as it lies between beds of other kinds. Also used figuratively. 2. A bed or layer artificially made; a course.