STRATIFICATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stratification mean? 

• STRATIFICATION (noun)
  The noun STRATIFICATION has 5 senses:

1. the act or process or arranging persons into classes or social strata

2. the condition of being arranged in social strata or classes within a group

3. forming or depositing in layers

4. a layered configuration

5. the placing of seeds in damp sand or sawdust or peat moss in order to preserve them or promote germination

  Familiarity information: STRATIFICATION used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STRATIFICATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act or process or arranging persons into classes or social strata

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("stratification" is a kind of...):

assortment; categorisation; categorization; classification; compartmentalisation; compartmentalization (the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type)

Derivation:

stratify (divide society into social classes or castes)

stratify (develop different social levels, classes, or castes)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The condition of being arranged in social strata or classes within a group

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

social stratification; stratification

Hypernyms ("stratification" is a kind of...):

condition (a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing)

Derivation:

stratify (divide society into social classes or castes)

stratify (develop different social levels, classes, or castes)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Forming or depositing in layers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("stratification" is a kind of...):

geologic process; geological process ((geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stratification"):

foliation ((geology) the arrangement of leaflike layers in a rock)

Derivation:

stratify (form layers or strata)

stratify (form, arrange, or deposit in layers)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A layered configuration

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("stratification" is a kind of...):

configuration; conformation; contour; form; shape (any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline))

Sense 5

Meaning:

The placing of seeds in damp sand or sawdust or peat moss in order to preserve them or promote germination

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("stratification" is a kind of...):

emplacement; locating; location; placement; position; positioning (the act of putting something in a certain place)

Derivation:

stratify (render fertile and preserve by placing between layers of earth or sand)

 Context examples 

There is nuclear stratification, prominent nucleoli, and cellular pleomorphism.

(Pancreatic Mucinous-Cystic Neoplasm with High Grade Dysplasia, NCI Thesaurus)

A standard approach to aid in the stratification of neuroblastoma risk and disease evaluation.

(International Neuroblastoma Response Criteria, NCI Thesaurus)

There is cellular stratification, severe dysplasia, and high mitotic activity present.

(Pancreatic Non-Invasive Mucinous Cystadenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Reactive changes (even atypia) can occur with inflammation and can include stratification with nuclear enlargement, nucleoli, and even cribriforming.

(Non-physiological Diffuse Hyperplasia of the Mouse Prostate Gland, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

A non-invasive pancreatic intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm characterized by the presence of neoplastic epithelial cells that exhibit loss of polarity, nuclear stratification, hyperchromasia, and pleomorphism.

(Pancreatic Intraductal Papillary-Mucinous Neoplasm with High Grade Dysplasia, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-invasive pancreatic intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm characterized by the presence of neoplastic epithelial cells that exhibit nuclear stratification, loss of polarity, and crowding.

(Pancreatic Intraductal Papillary-Mucinous Neoplasm with Intermediate Grade Dysplasia, NCI Thesaurus)

The differentiated type is characterized by the presence of smaller cells and cellular stratification reminiscent of transitional cell carcinoma.

(Nasopharyngeal Nonkeratinizing Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A nonkeratinizing nasopharyngeal carcinoma characterized by the presence of cells without prominent nucleoli, cellular stratification, and a lymphoplasmacytic infiltrate.

(Nasopharyngeal Differentiated Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

These lesions must have some nuclear abnormalities including some loss of polarity, nuclear crowding, enlarged nuclei, pseudo-stratification and hyperchromatism.

(Mouse Pancreatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia-2, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

A classification system developed to establish a consensus approach for pretreatment risk stratification of neuroblastomas.

(International Neuroblastoma Risk Group Classification System, NCI Thesaurus)