Synonyms: stratified, bedded
Definition: deposited or arranged in horizontal layers
Usage: stratified rock
Similar words: foliaceous, foliate, foliated
Definition: (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata
Similar words: laminal, laminar
Definition: arranged in or consisting of laminae
Similar words: layered, superimposed
Definition: with one layer on top of another
Usage: superimposed rocks
Similar words: sheetlike
Definition: resembling a sheet
Synonyms: class-conscious, stratified
Definition: (used of society) socially hierarchical
Usage: American society is becoming increasingly stratified
Similar words: hierarchal, hierarchic, hierarchical
Definition: classified according to various criteria into successive levels or layers
Usage: 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
Synonyms: graded, stratified, ranked
Definition: arranged in a sequence of grades or ranks
Usage: stratified areas of the distribution
Similar words: hierarchal, hierarchic, hierarchical
Definition: classified according to various criteria into successive levels or layers
Usage: 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