Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun stratification

5 senses of stratification

Sense 1
stratification -- (the act or process or arranging persons into classes or social strata)
       => categorization, categorisation, classification, compartmentalization, compartmentalisation, assortment -- (the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type)

Sense 2
stratification, social stratification -- (the condition of being arranged in social strata or classes within a group)
       => condition -- (a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing; "the human condition")

Sense 3
stratification -- (forming or depositing in layers)
       => geological process, geologic process -- ((geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified)

Sense 4
stratification -- (a layered configuration)
       => shape, form, configuration, contour, conformation -- (any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline); "he could barely make out their shapes")

Sense 5
stratification -- (the placing of seeds in damp sand or sawdust or peat moss in order to preserve them or promote germination)
       => placement, location, locating, position, positioning, emplacement -- (the act of putting something in a certain place)