Stratum - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈstreɪtəm|  American pronunciation of the word stratum
Brit.  |ˈstrɑːtəm|  British pronunciation of the word stratum

noun

- one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock)
- people having the same social, economic, or educational status (syn: class)
- an abstract place usually conceived as having depth (syn: layer, level)
- a subpopulation divided into a stratified sampling

Extra examples

...the lower strata of society have been hit especially hard by this economic downturn...

...the level of writing in that pop novel is several strata beneath that of serious fiction...

...a novel that does a good job of rendering the gutter language of that stratum of society...

Word forms

noun
singular: stratum
plural: strata
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