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stratiform

stratiform adjective: occurring in layers.

Adjective

stratiform (comparative more stratiform, superlative most stratiform)

  1. Occurring in layers
  2. Descriptive of rocks with extensive horizontal development
  3. Descriptive of clouds with extensive horizontal development

Forms of stratiform

comparativemore stratiform
superlativemost stratiform

Origin of stratiform

From Latin stratus (“layer”) + -form.

Words formed from stratiform

Questions about stratiform

What does stratiform mean?
Stratiform means occurring in layers.
What part of speech is stratiform?
Stratiform is an adjective.

Words near stratiform in the dictionary

  1. stratified columnar epithelium
  2. stratifier
  3. stratifiers
  4. stratifies
  5. stratifin
  6. stratiform
  7. stratify
  8. stratifying
  9. stratigoti
  10. stratigotus
  11. stratigrapher

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