different between stratum vs stratus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin str?tum (“a spread for a bed, coverlet, quilt, blanket; a pillow, bolster; a bed”), neuter singular of str?tus, perfect passive participle of stern? (“spread”). Doublet of estrade.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st???t?m/, /?st?e?t?m/

Noun

stratum (plural stratums or strata)

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

   Synonym: tier
2. (geology) A layer of sedimentary rock having approximately the same composition throughout.

   Synonyms: bed, layer

   Coordinate term: seam
3. Any of the regions of the atmosphere, such as the stratosphere, that occur as layers.
4. (biology) A layer of tissue.
5. A class of society composed of people with similar social, cultural, or economic status.
6. (ecology) A layer of vegetation, usually of similar height.
7. (computing) The level of accuracy of a computer's clock, relative to others on the network.

Related terms

• stratification
• stratify
• stratosphere

Translations

Further reading

• stratum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• stratum in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• stratum in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch stratum, from Latin stratum. Doublet of setrat and strata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?strat?m]
• Hyphenation: stra?tum

Noun

stratum (first-person possessive stratumku, second-person possessive stratummu, third-person possessive stratumnya)

1. (geology) stratum, a layer of sedimentary rock having approximately the same composition throughout.

Related terms

Further reading

• “stratum” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Etymology

From str?tus, perfect passive participle of stern? (“spread”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?stra?.tum/, [?s?(t?)?ä?t????]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?stra.tum/, [?st????t?um]

Noun

str?tum n (genitive str?t?); second declension

1. a bed-covering, coverlet, quilt, blanket
2. a pillow, bolster
3. a bed, couch
4. a horse-blanket, saddle-cloth
5. a pavement

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Descendants

Verb

str?tum

1. accusative supine of stern?

References

• stratum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• stratum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• stratum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• stratum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin stratus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st?e?t?s/, /?st?æt?s/
• Rhymes: -e?t?s
• Hyphenation: stra?tus

Noun

stratus (usually uncountable, plural strati)

1. (meteorology) A principal, low-level cloud type in the form of a gray layer with a rather uniform base, usually not associated with precipitation, and capable of producing corona phenomena and a weak, uniform luminance; abbreviated St.

Translations

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin stratus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?str?tus/, [?s?t?r?t?us?]
• Rhymes: -?tus
• Syllabification: stra?tus

Noun

stratus

1. Synonym of sumupilvi (“stratus (cloud)”)

Declension

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of stern? (“spread out”). Diachronically, from Proto-Italic *str?tos, from Proto-Indo-European *str?h?tós. Cognate with Proto-Celtic *stratos (“valley”), ealier *“spread-out land”, Ancient Greek ??????? (str?tós, “bestrewn, spread, laid out; smooth”), ??????? (stratós, “army, war band”), and Sanskrit ????? (st?tá, “bestrewn, spread (out); extended, spacious; covered; overthrown”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?stra?.tus/, [?s?(t?)?ä?t??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?stra.tus/, [?st????t?us]

Participle

str?tus (feminine str?ta, neuter str?tum); first/second-declension participle

1. spread, stretched out, spread out, having been spread out
2. (rare) calmed, stilled, moderated, having been calmed
3. covered, spread with, scattered with, bestrewn with, having been covered (with)
   1. (of a road, path) paved, covered, having been paved
4. stretched on the ground, cast down, struck down, prostrated, having been struck down
   1. (by extension) knocked to the ground, demolished, razed, levelled, flattened, having been razed

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Noun

str?tus m (genitive str?t?s); fourth declension

1. the act of spreading, strewing
2. a bed-covering, coverlet, quilt, blanket
3. vocative singular of str?tus

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Synonyms

• (bed-covering): str?tum

Descendants

Noun

str?t?s

1. nominative plural of str?tus
2. genitive singular of str?tus
3. accusative plural of str?tus
4. vocative plural of str?tus

References

• stratus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• stratus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• stratus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• stratus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• stratus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• stratus in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Romanian

Etymology

From French stratus, from Latin stratus.

Noun

stratus m (uncountable)

1. stratus

Declension