Word Meanings - STRATA - Book Publishers vocabulary database
pl. of Stratum.
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- STRATUM
A bed of earth or rock of one kind, formed by natural causes, and consisting usually of a series of layers, which form a rock as it lies between beds of other kinds. Also used figuratively. 2. A bed or layer artificially made; a course. - SUPERSTRATUM
A stratum, or layer, above another. (more info) supersternere, superstratum, to spread upon. See Super-, and - SUBSTRATUM
The permanent subject of qualities or cause of phenomena; substance. (more info) substernere to strew under; sub under + sternere to strew. See 1. That which is laid or spread under; that which underlies something, as a layer of earth lying under - UNDERSTRATUM
The layer, or stratum, of earth on which the mold, or soil, rests; subsoil.