Stratification

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Stratification may refer to:

Mathematics

  • Stratification (mathematics), any consistent assignment of numbers to predicate symbols
  • Data stratification in statistics

Earth sciences

  • Stable and unstable stratification
  • Stratification, or stratum, the layering of rocks
  • Stratification (archeology), the formation of layers (strata) in which objects are found
  • Stratification (water), the formation of water layers based on temperature (and salinity, in oceans)
    • Ocean stratification
    • Lake stratification
  • Atmospheric stratification, the dividing of the Earth's atmosphere into strata
  • Inversion (meteorology)

Social sciences

  • Social stratification, the dividing of a society into levels based on power or socioeconomic status

Biology

  • Stratification (seeds), where seeds are treated to simulate winter conditions so that germination may occur
  • Stratification (clinical trials), partitioning of subjects by a factors other than the intervention
  • Stratification (vegetation), the vertical layering of vegetation e.g. within a forest
  • Population stratification, the stratification of a genetic population based on allele frequencies

Linguistics

  • Stratification (linguistics), the idea that language is organized in hierarchically ordered strata (such as phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics).

See also

  • Destratification (disambiguation)
  • Fuel stratified injection
  • Layer (disambiguation)
  • Partition (disambiguation)
  • Strata (disambiguation)
  • Stratified epithelial lining (disambiguation)
  • Stratified sampling
  • Stratigraphy
  • Stratum (disambiguation)
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