Definition of strata

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Strass (n.) A brilliant glass, used in the manufacture of artificial paste gems, which consists essentially of a complex borosilicate of lead and potassium. Cf. Glass..

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Stratified :: Stratiform (a.) Having the form of strata.
Saddle-shaped :: Saddle-shaped (a.) Bent on each side of a mountain or ridge, without being broken at top; -- said of strata..
Unstratified :: Unstratified (a.) Not stratified; -- applied to massive rocks, as granite, porphyry, etc., and also to deposits of loose material, as the glacial till, which occur in masses without layers or strata..
Stratigraphic :: Stratify (v. t.) To form or deposit in strata, or layers, as substances in the earth; to arrange in strata..
Dip :: Dip (v. i.) To incline downward from the plane of the horizon; as, strata of rock dip..
Downthrow :: Downthrow (n.) The sudden drop or depression of the strata of rocks on one side of a fault. See Throw, n..
Dike :: Dike (n.) A wall-like mass of mineral matter, usually an intrusion of igneous rocks, filling up rents or fissures in the original strata..
Plot :: Plot (n.) Any scheme, stratagem, secret design, or plan, of a complicated nature, adapted to the accomplishment of some purpose, usually a treacherous and mischievous one; a conspiracy; an intrigue; as, the Rye-house Plot..
Gyrolepis :: Gyrolepis (n.) A genus of ganoid fishes, found in strata of the new red sandetone, and the lias bone beds..
Circumvent :: Circumvent (v. t.) To gain advantage over by arts, stratagem, or deception; to decieve; to delude; to get around..
Discordant :: Discordant (n.) Said of strata which lack conformity in direction of bedding, either as in unconformability, or as caused by a fault..
Basin :: Basin (n.) An isolated or circumscribed formation, particularly where the strata dip inward, on all sides, toward a center; -- especially applied to the coal formations, called coal basins or coal fields..
Stratagemical :: Stratagem (n.) An artifice or trick in war for deceiving the enemy; hence, in general, artifice; deceptive device; secret plot; evil machination..
Wrench :: Wrench (v. t.) Trick; deceit; fraud; stratagem.
Craftiness :: Craftiness (n.) Dexterity in devising and effecting a purpose; cunning; artifice; stratagem.
Clinometry :: Clinometry (n.) That art or operation of measuring the inclination of strata.
Wily :: Wily (superl.) Full of wiles, tricks, or stratagems; using craft or stratagem to accomplish a purpose; mischievously artful; subtle..
Outcrop :: Outcrop (v. i.) To come out to the surface of the ground; -- said of strata.
Finesse :: Finesse (v. i.) To use artifice or stratagem.
Prize :: Prize (n.) That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power..
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