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 rock of a uniform texture, belonging to the unstratified and volcanic classes, which has an unctuous appearance like indurated pitch.
From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Sir Charles Lyell
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
A rock usually containing much magnesian earth, for the most part unstratified, but sometimes appearing to be an altered or metamorphic stratified rock.
From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Sir Charles Lyell
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
A sheet of drift, consisting of the same homogeneous, unstratified paste, and containing loose materials of all sorts and sizes, covers the country.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 by Various
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