[syn: class-conscious, stratified]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Stratified \Strat"i*fied\, a.
Having its substance arranged in strata, or layers; as,
stratified rock.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Stratify \Strat"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stratified; p. pr.
& vb. n. Stratifying.] [Stratum + -fy: cf. F. stratifier.]
To form or deposit in strata, or layers, as substances in the
earth; to arrange in strata.
[1913 Webster] Stratigraphic
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
stratified
adj 1: arranged in a sequence of grades or ranks; "stratified
areas of the distribution" [syn: graded, ranked,
stratified]
2: deposited or arranged in horizontal layers; "stratified rock"
[syn: stratified, bedded] [ant: unstratified]
3: (used of society) socially hierarchical; "American society is
becoming increasingly stratified" [syn: class-conscious,
stratified]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
36 Moby Thesaurus words for "stratified":
assorted, cataloged, classified, filed, filmy, foliaceous,
foliated, graded, grouped, hierarchic, in layers, indexed,
lamellar, lamellate, lamellated, lamelliform, laminate, laminated,
laminous, leaflike, leafy, membranous, on file, pigeonholed,
placed, pyramidal, ranked, rated, scummy, sorted, spathic,
spathose, stratiform, tabular, three-ply, two-ply