Meaning & use
stratified
Arranged into distinct layers or levels, such as by social class or rock composition.
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The canyon walls showed clearly stratified layers of sandstone deposited over millions of years.
Sociologists describe the country as a highly stratified society divided sharply by wealth.
A note on using this word
Stratified is common in geology for rock layers and in sociology for rigid social hierarchies; both senses share the idea of distinct levels.
Words with a similar meaning
layeredtiered
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