Cultural vs. Stratum

Culturaladjective

Pertaining to culture.

Culturaladjective

Of or pertaining to culture.

Culturaladjective

of or relating to the arts and manners that a group favors;

Culturaladjective

denoting or deriving from or distinctive of the ways of living built up by a group of people;

Culturaladjective

of or relating to the shared knowledge and values of a society;

Culturaladjective

relating to the raising of plants or animals;

Stratumnoun

One of several parallel horizontal layers of material arranged one on top of another.

Stratumnoun

(geology) A layer of sedimentary rock having approximately the same composition throughout.

Stratumnoun

Any of the regions of the atmosphere, such as the stratosphere, that occur as layers.

Stratumnoun

(biology) A layer of tissue.

Stratumnoun

A class of society composed of people with similar social, cultural, or economic status.

Stratumnoun

(ecology) A layer of vegetation, usually of similar height.

Stratumnoun

(computing) The level of accuracy of a computer's clock, relative to others on the network.

Stratumnoun

A bed of earth or rock of one kind, formed by natural causes, and consisting usually of a series of layers, which form a rock as it lies between beds of other kinds. Also used figuratively.

Stratumnoun

A bed or layer artificially made; a course.

Stratumnoun

one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism)

Stratumnoun

an abstract place usually conceived as having depth;

Stratum

In geology and related fields, a stratum (plural: strata) is a layer of sedimentary rock or soil, or igneous rock that was formed at the Earth's surface, with internally consistent characteristics that distinguish it from other layers. The is the fundamental unit in a stratigraphic column and forms the basis of the study of stratigraphy.