stratified

strat·i·fy  (strt-f)

v. strat·i·fied, strat·i·fy·ing, strat·i·fies

v.tr.

1. To form, arrange, or deposit in layers.

2. To preserve (seeds) by placing them between layers of moist sand or similar material.

3.

a. To arrange or separate into castes, classes, or social levels.

b. To separate into a sequence of graded status levels.

v.intr.

1. To become layered; form strata.

2. To develop different levels of caste, class, privilege, or status.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	stratified - arranged in a sequence of grades or ranks; "stratified areas of the distribution" graded, ranked hierarchal, hierarchic, hierarchical - classified according to various criteria into successive levels or layers; "it has been said that only a hierarchical society with a leisure class at the top can produce works of art"; "in her hierarchical set of values honesty comes first"
	2.	stratified - deposited or arranged in horizontal layers; "stratified rock" bedded geology - a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks unstratified - not deposited in layers; "glacial till is unstratified"
	3.	stratified - (used of society) socially hierarchical; "American society is becoming increasingly stratified" class-conscious hierarchal, hierarchic, hierarchical - classified according to various criteria into successive levels or layers; "it has been said that only a hierarchical society with a leisure class at the top can produce works of art"; "in her hierarchical set of values honesty comes first"

Translations

stratified [ˈstrætɪfaɪd] ADJ → estratificado

stratified

adj (Geol) → geschichtet, schichtförmig; stratified rock → Schichtgestein nt

stratified [ˈstrætɪfaɪd] adj → stratificato/a