English words for 'Found within several strata.'
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adj
- Composed of many zones or layers.
- (psychology) Pertaining to or based on the zone of freedom of movement (the possible actions that are available at the present time), the zone of promoted action (the preference for and highlighting of specific actions), and the zone of proximal development (the set of immediate next possibilities, given the other two zones).
noun
- any stratum or layer lying underneath another
- An underlying layer; a substratum.
- the substance that is acted upon by an enzyme or ferment
- a surface on which an organism grows or is attached
- an indigenous language that contributes features to the language of an invading people who impose their language on the indigenous population
- (biology) A surface on which an organism grows, or to which an organism or an item is attached.
- (plating) A metal which is plated with another metal which has different physical properties.
- (linguistics) A language that is replaced in a population by another language and that influences the language imposed on its speakers.
- (construction) A surface to which a substance adheres.
- The substance lining the bottom edge of an enclosure.
- (biochemistry) A substance acted upon, as by an enzyme.
adj
noun
- any stratum or layer lying underneath another
- A layer that lies underneath another.
- a surface on which an organism grows or is attached
- an indigenous language that contributes features to the language of an invading people who impose their language on the indigenous population
- (figuratively) The underlying cause or basis of something.
- (linguistics) A substrate.
noun
- A layer or stratum.
- (shipbuilding) A piece of timber to support the deck, placed athwartship between beams.
- (Canada, slang) A provincial or territorial legislature building.
- A shelf on which articles may be laid.
- A narrow surface projecting horizontally from a wall, cliff, or other surface.
- (Canada, slang) A provincial or territorial legislative assembly.
- A lode; a limited mass of rock bearing valuable mineral.
- (architecture) A (door or window) lintel.
- (geology) A shelf, ridge, or reef, of rocks.
- (slang) Alternative form of lege (“a legend; a person held in high regard”).
- (architecture) A cornice.
- a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water
verb
noun
- (geology) A stratum that is on top of another
- (linguistics) A language imposed upon a population that previously spoke another language
- the language of a later invading people that is imposed on an indigenous population and contributes features to their language
- any stratum or layer superimposed on another
noun
- A layer (of earth, etc.) that lies under another; substratum.
- (music) Lyrics; or more specifically, the way in which lyrics are assigned to musical notes.
- Anything that is underlaid.
- A soft floor covering that lies under a carpet.
- (printing, historical) A piece of paper pasted under woodcuts, stereotype plates, etc. in a form, to bring them up to the necessary level for printing.
- a pad placed under a carpet
verb
- (transitive) To put a tap on (a shoe).
- (mining, ambitransitive, of a vein, fault, or lode) To incline from the vertical.
- (transitive) To lay (something) underneath something else; to put under.
- (transitive) To provide a support for something; to raise or support by something laid under.
- simple past of underlie
- put (something) under or beneath
- provide with a base, support, lining, or backing
- raise or support (the level of printing) by inserting a piece of paper or cardboard under the type
noun
- Anything with three layers or levels.
- Alternative form of triple-decker (“type of bus”).
- Alternative form of triple-decker (“type of sandwich”).
- Alternative form of triple-decker (“type of headline”).
- Alternative form of triple-decker (“type of apartment building”).
- (nautical, historical) A sailing warship that had guns on each of three decks.
- (historical) An old-fashioned pulpit.
- made with three slices of usually toasted bread
- a warship carrying guns on three decks
- any ship having three decks
noun
- A layer or stratum adjacent and parallel to another.
- (physics) The sudden increase in the electrical conductivity of some metals as their temperature falls to near absolute zero.
- (linguistics) Alternative form of superstratum.
- (photovoltaics) The covering on the sunny side of a photovoltaic (PV) module, providing protection for the PV materials from impact and environmental degradation while allowing maximum transmission of the appropriate wavelengths of the solar spectrum.
- the language of a later invading people that is imposed on an indigenous population and contributes features to their language
- any stratum or layer superimposed on another
verb
verb
- form layers or strata
- (intransitive) To become separated out into distinct layers or strata.
- render fertile and preserve by placing between layers of earth or sand
- divide society into social classes or castes
- form, arrange, or deposit in layers
- develop different social levels, classes, or castes
- (transitive) To separate out into distinct layers or strata.
noun
- (countable) A layer.
- (uncountable, countable) A measure of how thick (in dimension) something is.
- (uncountable) The property of being thick (in dimension).
- (uncountable, informal) The property of being thick (slow to understand).
- (uncountable) The quality of being thick (in consistency).
- (graph theory, countable) The minimum number of planar subgraphs which a given graph can decompose into.
- resistance to flow
- used of a line or mark
- indistinct articulation
- the dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width
verb
noun
- (geology) A stratum of rock, especially an intrusive layer of igneous rock lying parallel to surrounding strata.
- (UK) A young herring.
- (construction) A threshold; horizontal structural member of a building near ground level on a foundation or pilings, or lying on the ground, and bearing the upright portion of a frame; a sill plate.
- (military, historical) The inner edge of the bottom of an embrasure.
- (architecture, also "window sill") A breast wall; window breast; horizontal brink which forms the base of a window.
- A threshold or brink across the bottom of a canal lock for the gates to shut against.
- The shaft or thill of a carriage.
- (anatomy) A raised area at the base of the nasal aperture in the skull.
- (geology) a flat (usually horizontal) mass of igneous rock between two layers of older sedimentary rock
- structural member consisting of a continuous horizontal timber forming the lowest member of a framework or supporting structure
adj
noun
- A (usually) horizontal deposit; a stratum.
- An item of clothing worn under or over another.
- A shoot of a plant, laid underground for growth.
- A hen kept to lay eggs; a breed of chicken bred to maximize laying output.
- (networking) One of the seven network switch pieces in the Open Systems Interconnection model: application, presentation, session, transport, network, data link, and physical.
- One of the items in a hierarchy.
- (computing) An alternative keymap accessed through a modifier key or toggle.
- A person who lays anything, such as tiles or a wager.
- (computer graphics, by analogy to a stack of transparencies) One in a stack of (initially transparent) drawing surfaces that comprise an image; used to keep elements of an image separate so that they can be modified independently from one another.
- A mature female bird, insect, etc. that is able to lay eggs.
- A single thickness of some material covering a surface.
- an abstract place usually conceived as having depth
- thin structure composed of a single thickness of cells
- a hen that lays eggs
- a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another
- single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance
verb
noun
- (geology) A specific layer of soil, or stratum
- The visible horizontal line (in all directions) where the sky appears to meet the earth in the distance.
- Any level line or surface.
- (computer chess) The point at which a computer chess algorithm stops searching for further moves.
- (figuratively) The range or limit of one's knowledge, experience or interest; a boundary or threshold.
- (archaeology, chiefly US) A cultural sub-period or level within a more encompassing time period.
- The range or limit of any dimension in which one exists.
- a specific layer or stratum of soil or subsoil in a vertical cross section of land
- the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet
- the great circle on the celestial sphere whose plane passes through the sensible horizon and the center of the Earth
- the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated
adj
- under the level of the ground
- conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
- (not comparable) Below the ground; below the surface of the Earth.
- (figurative) Hidden, furtive, secretive.
- (figurative) Of or relating to an art forms (such as music) or subculture that is outside the mainstream, especially one that is unofficial and hidden from the authorities.
noun
- an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city)
- a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force
- (geography) Regions beneath the surface of the earth, both natural (eg. caves) and man-made (eg. mines).
- (with definite article) A movement or organisation of people who resist artistic convention.
- (chiefly British) Synonym of subway: a railway that is under the ground.
- (with definite article) A movement or organisation of people who resist political convention.
adv
verb
noun
- One of the parts into which an area is subdivided.
- (heraldry) A mound (often of grass), shelf (of e.g. wall) or other thing beneath the shield in a coat of arms on which the supporters stand.
- A room, or section, or chamber, typically within a vehicle.
- (anatomy) A region in the body, delimited by a biological membrane.
- (biochemistry) The part of a protein that serves a specific function.
- a space into which an area is subdivided
- a partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger enclosed area
verb
adj
- Made of sections or layers, one on top of the other.
- Constructed or enhanced.
- (Europe) (of an area of land) Having specific traffic signaling and therefore usually subject to a maximum 50 km/h speed limit.
- (of an area of land) Having buildings, especially having residences and high population density.
- (British) (of an area of land) Having street lights and therefore subject to a 30 mph speed limit.
- Having increased in size, quantity, or intensity over time; accumulated.
- peopled with settlers
noun
- any stratum or layer lying underneath another
- An underlying layer; a substratum.
- the substance that is acted upon by an enzyme or ferment
- a surface on which an organism grows or is attached
- an indigenous language that contributes features to the language of an invading people who impose their language on the indigenous population
- (biology) A surface on which an organism grows, or to which an organism or an item is attached.
- (plating) A metal which is plated with another metal which has different physical properties.
- (linguistics) A language that is replaced in a population by another language and that influences the language imposed on its speakers.
- (construction) A surface to which a substance adheres.
- The substance lining the bottom edge of an enclosure.
- (biochemistry) A substance acted upon, as by an enzyme.
adj
noun
- any stratum or layer lying underneath another
- A layer that lies underneath another.
- a surface on which an organism grows or is attached
- an indigenous language that contributes features to the language of an invading people who impose their language on the indigenous population
- (figuratively) The underlying cause or basis of something.
- (linguistics) A substrate.
noun
- A layer or stratum.
- (shipbuilding) A piece of timber to support the deck, placed athwartship between beams.
- (Canada, slang) A provincial or territorial legislature building.
- A shelf on which articles may be laid.
- A narrow surface projecting horizontally from a wall, cliff, or other surface.
- (Canada, slang) A provincial or territorial legislative assembly.
- A lode; a limited mass of rock bearing valuable mineral.
- (architecture) A (door or window) lintel.
- (geology) A shelf, ridge, or reef, of rocks.
- (slang) Alternative form of lege (“a legend; a person held in high regard”).
- (architecture) A cornice.
- a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water
verb
noun
- (geology) A stratum that is on top of another
- (linguistics) A language imposed upon a population that previously spoke another language
- the language of a later invading people that is imposed on an indigenous population and contributes features to their language
- any stratum or layer superimposed on another
noun
- A layer (of earth, etc.) that lies under another; substratum.
- (music) Lyrics; or more specifically, the way in which lyrics are assigned to musical notes.
- Anything that is underlaid.
- A soft floor covering that lies under a carpet.
- (printing, historical) A piece of paper pasted under woodcuts, stereotype plates, etc. in a form, to bring them up to the necessary level for printing.
- a pad placed under a carpet
verb
- (transitive) To put a tap on (a shoe).
- (mining, ambitransitive, of a vein, fault, or lode) To incline from the vertical.
- (transitive) To lay (something) underneath something else; to put under.
- (transitive) To provide a support for something; to raise or support by something laid under.
- simple past of underlie
- put (something) under or beneath
- provide with a base, support, lining, or backing
- raise or support (the level of printing) by inserting a piece of paper or cardboard under the type
noun
- Anything with three layers or levels.
- Alternative form of triple-decker (“type of bus”).
- Alternative form of triple-decker (“type of sandwich”).
- Alternative form of triple-decker (“type of headline”).
- Alternative form of triple-decker (“type of apartment building”).
- (nautical, historical) A sailing warship that had guns on each of three decks.
- (historical) An old-fashioned pulpit.
- made with three slices of usually toasted bread
- a warship carrying guns on three decks
- any ship having three decks
noun
- A layer or stratum adjacent and parallel to another.
- (physics) The sudden increase in the electrical conductivity of some metals as their temperature falls to near absolute zero.
- (linguistics) Alternative form of superstratum.
- (photovoltaics) The covering on the sunny side of a photovoltaic (PV) module, providing protection for the PV materials from impact and environmental degradation while allowing maximum transmission of the appropriate wavelengths of the solar spectrum.
- the language of a later invading people that is imposed on an indigenous population and contributes features to their language
- any stratum or layer superimposed on another
verb
noun
- (countable) A layer.
- (uncountable, countable) A measure of how thick (in dimension) something is.
- (uncountable) The property of being thick (in dimension).
- (uncountable, informal) The property of being thick (slow to understand).
- (uncountable) The quality of being thick (in consistency).
- (graph theory, countable) The minimum number of planar subgraphs which a given graph can decompose into.
- resistance to flow
- used of a line or mark
- indistinct articulation
- the dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width
verb
noun
- (geology) A stratum of rock, especially an intrusive layer of igneous rock lying parallel to surrounding strata.
- (UK) A young herring.
- (construction) A threshold; horizontal structural member of a building near ground level on a foundation or pilings, or lying on the ground, and bearing the upright portion of a frame; a sill plate.
- (military, historical) The inner edge of the bottom of an embrasure.
- (architecture, also "window sill") A breast wall; window breast; horizontal brink which forms the base of a window.
- A threshold or brink across the bottom of a canal lock for the gates to shut against.
- The shaft or thill of a carriage.
- (anatomy) A raised area at the base of the nasal aperture in the skull.
- (geology) a flat (usually horizontal) mass of igneous rock between two layers of older sedimentary rock
- structural member consisting of a continuous horizontal timber forming the lowest member of a framework or supporting structure
adj
noun
- A (usually) horizontal deposit; a stratum.
- An item of clothing worn under or over another.
- A shoot of a plant, laid underground for growth.
- A hen kept to lay eggs; a breed of chicken bred to maximize laying output.
- (networking) One of the seven network switch pieces in the Open Systems Interconnection model: application, presentation, session, transport, network, data link, and physical.
- One of the items in a hierarchy.
- (computing) An alternative keymap accessed through a modifier key or toggle.
- A person who lays anything, such as tiles or a wager.
- (computer graphics, by analogy to a stack of transparencies) One in a stack of (initially transparent) drawing surfaces that comprise an image; used to keep elements of an image separate so that they can be modified independently from one another.
- A mature female bird, insect, etc. that is able to lay eggs.
- A single thickness of some material covering a surface.
- an abstract place usually conceived as having depth
- thin structure composed of a single thickness of cells
- a hen that lays eggs
- a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another
- single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance
verb
noun
- (geology) A specific layer of soil, or stratum
- The visible horizontal line (in all directions) where the sky appears to meet the earth in the distance.
- Any level line or surface.
- (computer chess) The point at which a computer chess algorithm stops searching for further moves.
- (figuratively) The range or limit of one's knowledge, experience or interest; a boundary or threshold.
- (archaeology, chiefly US) A cultural sub-period or level within a more encompassing time period.
- The range or limit of any dimension in which one exists.
- a specific layer or stratum of soil or subsoil in a vertical cross section of land
- the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet
- the great circle on the celestial sphere whose plane passes through the sensible horizon and the center of the Earth
- the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated
noun
- One of the parts into which an area is subdivided.
- (heraldry) A mound (often of grass), shelf (of e.g. wall) or other thing beneath the shield in a coat of arms on which the supporters stand.
- A room, or section, or chamber, typically within a vehicle.
- (anatomy) A region in the body, delimited by a biological membrane.
- (biochemistry) The part of a protein that serves a specific function.
- a space into which an area is subdivided
- a partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger enclosed area
verb
verb
- form layers or strata
- (intransitive) To become separated out into distinct layers or strata.
- render fertile and preserve by placing between layers of earth or sand
- divide society into social classes or castes
- form, arrange, or deposit in layers
- develop different social levels, classes, or castes
- (transitive) To separate out into distinct layers or strata.
noun
- A layer or stratum adjacent and parallel to another.
- (physics) The sudden increase in the electrical conductivity of some metals as their temperature falls to near absolute zero.
- (linguistics) Alternative form of superstratum.
- (photovoltaics) The covering on the sunny side of a photovoltaic (PV) module, providing protection for the PV materials from impact and environmental degradation while allowing maximum transmission of the appropriate wavelengths of the solar spectrum.
- the language of a later invading people that is imposed on an indigenous population and contributes features to their language
- any stratum or layer superimposed on another
verb
adj
- Composed of many zones or layers.
- (psychology) Pertaining to or based on the zone of freedom of movement (the possible actions that are available at the present time), the zone of promoted action (the preference for and highlighting of specific actions), and the zone of proximal development (the set of immediate next possibilities, given the other two zones).
adj
- under the level of the ground
- conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
- (not comparable) Below the ground; below the surface of the Earth.
- (figurative) Hidden, furtive, secretive.
- (figurative) Of or relating to an art forms (such as music) or subculture that is outside the mainstream, especially one that is unofficial and hidden from the authorities.
noun
- an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city)
- a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force
- (geography) Regions beneath the surface of the earth, both natural (eg. caves) and man-made (eg. mines).
- (with definite article) A movement or organisation of people who resist artistic convention.
- (chiefly British) Synonym of subway: a railway that is under the ground.
- (with definite article) A movement or organisation of people who resist political convention.
adv
verb
adj
- Made of sections or layers, one on top of the other.
- Constructed or enhanced.
- (Europe) (of an area of land) Having specific traffic signaling and therefore usually subject to a maximum 50 km/h speed limit.
- (of an area of land) Having buildings, especially having residences and high population density.
- (British) (of an area of land) Having street lights and therefore subject to a 30 mph speed limit.
- Having increased in size, quantity, or intensity over time; accumulated.
- peopled with settlers