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strata

[ strey-tuh, strat-uh, strah-tuh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

strata

/ ˈstrɑːtə /

Strata is sometimes wrongly used as a singular noun: this stratum (not strata ) of society is often disregarded

They are really entrusted to the family motive operative in those strata.

Chopped, however, occupies a unique strata within the world of Food Network.

Rather, it is a social healing process and the resolution of violence between opposed social strata if it is successful.

Many great artists, from Henry James to Johannes Vermeer, have made great careers portraying rarified strata of society.

I've long been fixated, low-budget Edith Wharton-like, on what happens when different strata of society rub up against each other.

In this same region, in Patrick County, may be seen crystals in the shape of crosses in certain rock strata.

These rock strata are so straight and so symmetrical that they resemble a series of chimneys suggesting their name.

The cliffs of Red Point partake of a reddish tinge and appear to be disposed nearly in horizontal strata.

The ocean floor, in general, is the part of the earth's surface where strata are constantly being laid down.

If the strata be different, what is the order in which they are placed above each other successively?

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