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stratum, n.
(strata)
freq. cnt. 3
more info 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)
<noun.location>   freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3

stratum
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
stratify stratify
semantic pointers
domain of synset (topic)
organism, being
hyponym
epidermis, cuticle stratum corneum, corneum, horny layer stratum lucidum stratum granulosum stratum germinativum, stratum basale, malpighian layer, rete Malpighii dermis, corium, derma cambium wall, paries substrate, substratum superstrate, superstratum horizon seam, bed bed
hypernym
layer
more info an abstract place usually conceived as having depth
<noun.cognition>

layer level stratum

sample sentences

"a good actor communicates on several levels"
"a simile has at least two layers of meaning"
"the mind functions on many strata simultaneously"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
layer
semantic pointers
hypernym
place
more info people having the same social, economic, or educational status
<noun.group>   freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 5

class social class socio-economic class stratum

sample sentences

"the working class"
"an emerging professional class"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
classify classify
semantic pointers
hypernym
people
hyponym
world, domain age class agriculture brotherhood, fraternity, sodality estate of the realm, estate, the three estates labor, labour, proletariat, working class lower class, underclass middle class, bourgeoisie booboisie commonalty, commonality, commons peasantry demimonde underworld yeomanry caste caste upper class, upper crust ninja firing line immigrant class center old school market trade, craft womanhood, woman, fair sex
part holonym
society
member holonym
class structure
more info a subpopulation divided into a stratified sampling
<noun.cognition>

stratum
semantic pointers
hypernym
subpopulation