Stratum

French Meaning

strate

couche

English Meaning

  1. A horizontal layer of material, especially one of several parallel layers arranged one on top of another.
  2. Geology A bed or layer of sedimentary rock having approximately the same composition throughout.
  3. Any of the regions of the atmosphere, such as the troposphere, that occur as layers.
  4. Biology A layer of tissue: the epithelial stratum.
  5. A level of society composed of people with similar social, cultural, or economic status.
  6. One of a number of layers, levels, or divisions in an organized system: a complex poem with many strata of meaning.