INTERSTRATIFY

interstratify

(verb) arrange rocks in alternating strata

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

interstratify (third-person singular simple present interstratifies, present participle interstratifying, simple past and past participle interstratified)

(geology) To put or insert between other strata.

To put between classes of society; to compose of multiple groups of people with similar social, cultural, or economic status.

Source: Wiktionary


In`ter*strat"i*fy, v. t. (Geol.)

Definition: To put or insert between other strata.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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