1 : to form, deposit, or arrange in strata. 2a : to divide or arrange into classes, castes, or social strata. b : to divide into a series of graded statuses. intransitive verb. : to become arranged in strata.

Whats does stratified mean?

1 : formed, deposited, or arranged in stable layers or strata Such forced ascent of stable air leads to the formation of a stratified cloud layer that is large horizontally compared to its thickness.

What does stratification mean in sociology?

Abstract. Social stratification refers to a ranking of people or groups of people within a society. But the term was defined by the earliest sociologists as something more than the almost universal inequalities that exist in all but the least complex of societies.