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interstratified

interstratified adjective: stratified with two alternating types of strata.

Adjective

interstratified (not comparable)

  1. Stratified with two alternating types of strata.
    • Some of the enormous fragments of chalk which are interstratified with drift have not only layers of undisturbed flints, but also sandpipes in the middle of them, or cylindrical cavities filled with sand and gravel […]1840, Philosophical Magazine, page 365

Origin of interstratified

From inter- + stratified.

Questions about interstratified

What does interstratified mean?
Interstratified means stratified with two alternating types of strata.
What part of speech is interstratified?
Interstratified is an adjective.

Words near interstratified in the dictionary

  1. interstrain
  2. interstrand
  3. interstratal
  4. interstratification
  5. interstratifications
  6. interstratified
  7. interstratifies
  8. interstratify
  9. interstratifying
  10. interstreak
  11. interstreaked

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