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strata

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stra·ta  (strt, strt)
n.
A plural of stratum.
strata [ˈstrɑːtə]
n
(Earth Sciences / Geological Science) a plural of stratum
Usage: Strata is sometimes wrongly used as a singular noun: this stratum (not strata) of society is often disregarded
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Its light, rendered bluish by the thick strata of the atmosphere was less intense than that of the crescent moon, but it was of considerable dimensions, and looked like an enormous arch stretched across the firmament.
Round The Moon by Verne, Jules View in context
Hitherto the various strata of rock had exhibited a gentle elevation toward the southwest, but here everything appeared to have been subverted, and thrown out of place.
The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West by Irving, Washington View in context
If we do NOT know them all--if Nature has still secrets in the deeps for us, nothing is more conformable to reason than to admit the existence of fishes, or cetaceans of other kinds, or even of new species, of an organisation formed to inhabit the strata inaccessible to soundings, and which an accident of some sort has brought at long intervals to the upper level of the ocean.
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Verne, Jules View in context
 
 
 
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