Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Having thin layers.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Arranged in thin layers, as a banded agate.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Min.) Characterized by the presence of thin parallel strata, or layers, as in an agate.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective geology Said of sedimentary rock exhibiting thin layers, whether or not they contol how the rock breaks. Compare with laminated.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[From stratum.]

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