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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The case is otherwise with granite, syenite, quartzose porphyry, serpentine, and the whole series of unstratified compact rocks, to which, from a predilection for a mythological nomenclature, the term Plutonic has been applied.
From COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 by Alexander von Humboldt
They are rarely, if ever, seen in unstratified rocks; but many layers of stratified rocks abound in these remains.
From Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky by Edward Singleton Holden
For the unstratified rocks have certainly once been melted, and most of the stratified series were derived from the unstratified.
From The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences by Edward Hitchcock
The unstratified class are all colored red, to indicate their igneous origin.
From The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences by Edward Hitchcock
Similar unstratified deposits were formed by the agency of ice.
From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section D and E by Project Gutenberg
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