unstratified
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of unstratified
First recorded in 1765–75; un- 1 + stratify ( def. ) + -ed 2 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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A simpler term, however, quite as distinctive, and more descriptive of their structure, is that of the stratified and unstratified or massive rocks.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 65, March, 1863 by Various
In structure, the drift which is strictly glacial, is unstratified.
From The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin by Wallace W. Atwood
I have stated in a previous article that the relative position of the stratified and unstratified rocks gives us the key to their comparative age.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 by Various
Neither products of the volcanoes, whether extinct or in action, nor the stratified or unstratified rocks, have exhibited a sample of that combination of metallic and earthy substances which the meteoric stones present.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 by Various
Sometimes, however, it is a soft clay, at others it is mixed with sand, but whatever the composition of the underclays may be, they always agree in being unstratified.
From The Story of a Piece of Coal What It Is, Whence It Comes, and Whither It Goes by Edward A. Martin
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