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Unstratified

Definition: Unstratified

Unstratified

Adjective

1. (geology) not deposited in layers; "glacial till is unstratified".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "unstratified" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1839. (references)


Specialty Definition: Unstratified

DomainDefinition

Mining

Not formed or deposited in strata; specif. said of massive rocks or sediments with an absence of layering, such as granite or glacial till. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Antonym: stratified (adj). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Unstratified

English words defined with "unstratified": boulder clay, Bowlder clayloesstillunconsolidatedWhinstone. (references)
Specialty definitions using "unstratified": surface clay. (references)

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Usage Frequency: Unstratified

"Unstratified" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Unstratified" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)100%5157,705

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Unstratified

Expressions using "unstratified": unstratified language unstratified sample. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Unstratified

Language Translations for "unstratified"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

simpel stikproeve (simple sample, unstratified sample), moraeneler (an unstratified glacial deposit of clay, and boulders covering part of the rock surface in those regions which were glaciated during the ice age ;a moraine occurring at the bottom of a glacier, and pushed along over its bed.When the glacier melts, consisting of material frozen in the bottom, glacial drift, gravel, ground moraine, sand, silt, this material is usually deposited in a relatively thin sheet over the area occupied by the glacier, till, till sheet), ikke-stratificeret stikproeve (simple sample, unstratified sample), bundmoræne (an unstratified glacial deposit of clay, and boulders covering part of the rock surface in those regions which were glaciated during the ice age ;a moraine occurring at the bottom of a glacier, and pushed along over its bed.When the glacier melts, consisting of material frozen in the bottom, glacial drift, gravel, ground moraine, sand, silt, this material is usually deposited in a relatively thin sheet over the area occupied by the glacier, till, till sheet). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

morenen afzetting (an unstratified glacial deposit of clay, and boulders covering part of the rock surface in those regions which were glaciated during the ice age ;a moraine occurring at the bottom of a glacier, and pushed along over its bed.When the glacier melts, consisting of material frozen in the bottom, glacial drift, gravel, ground moraine, sand, silt, this material is usually deposited in a relatively thin sheet over the area occupied by the glacier, till, till sheet), keileem (an unstratified glacial deposit of clay, and boulders covering part of the rock surface in those regions which were glaciated during the ice age ;a moraine occurring at the bottom of a glacier, and pushed along over its bed.When the glacier melts, consisting of material frozen in the bottom, glacial drift, gravel, ground moraine, sand, silt, this material is usually deposited in a relatively thin sheet over the area occupied by the glacier, till, till sheet), grondmorene (an unstratified glacial deposit of clay, and boulders covering part of the rock surface in those regions which were glaciated during the ice age ;a moraine occurring at the bottom of a glacier, and pushed along over its bed.When the glacier melts, consisting of material frozen in the bottom, glacial drift, gravel, ground moraine, sand, silt, this material is usually deposited in a relatively thin sheet over the area occupied by the glacier, till, till sheet), enkelvoudige steekproef (simple sample, unstratified sample), bodemmorene (an unstratified glacial deposit of clay, and boulders covering part of the rock surface in those regions which were glaciated during the ice age ;a moraine occurring at the bottom of a glacier, and pushed along over its bed.When the glacier melts, consisting of material frozen in the bottom, glacial drift, gravel, ground moraine, sand, silt, this material is usually deposited in a relatively thin sheet over the area occupied by the glacier, till, till sheet). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

pohjamoreeni (an unstratified glacial deposit of clay, and boulders covering part of the rock surface in those regions which were glaciated during the ice age ;a moraine occurring at the bottom of a glacier, and pushed along over its bed.When the glacier melts, consisting of material frozen in the bottom, glacial drift, gravel, ground moraine, sand, silt, this material is usually deposited in a relatively thin sheet over the area occupied by the glacier, till, till sheet), moreeni (moraine). (various references)

   

French

  

moraine profonde (an unstratified glacial deposit of clay), moraine inférieure (an unstratified glacial deposit of clay), moraine de fond (an unstratified glacial deposit of clay), langage non stratifié (unstratified language), échantillon simple (unstratified sample), échantillon non stratifié (unstratified sample). (various references)

   

German

  

ungeschichtete Stichprobe (simple sample, unstratified sample), Moraeneablagerung (an unstratified glacial deposit of clay, and boulders covering part of the rock surface in those regions which were glaciated during the ice age ;a moraine occurring at the bottom of a glacier, and pushed along over its bed.When the glacier melts, consisting of material frozen in the bottom, glacial drift, gravel, ground moraine, sand, silt, this material is usually deposited in a relatively thin sheet over the area occupied by the glacier, till, till sheet), Grundmoräne (an unstratified glacial deposit of clay, and boulders covering part of the rock surface in those regions which were glaciated during the ice age ;a moraine occurring at the bottom of a glacier, and pushed along over its bed.When the glacier melts, consisting of material frozen in the bottom, glacial drift, gravel, ground moraine, sand, silt, this material is usually deposited in a relatively thin sheet over the area occupied by the glacier, till, till sheet), Geschiebemergel (an unstratified glacial deposit of clay, and boulders covering part of the rock surface in those regions which were glaciated during the ice age ;a moraine occurring at the bottom of a glacier, and pushed along over its bed.When the glacier melts, consisting of material frozen in the bottom, glacial drift, gravel, ground moraine, sand, silt, this material is usually deposited in a relatively thin sheet over the area occupied by the glacier, till, till sheet). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

μη στρωματοποιημένο δείγμα (simple sample, unstratified sample), μοραίναι βυθού (an unstratified glacial deposit of clay, and boulders covering part of the rock surface in those regions which were glaciated during the ice age ;a moraine occurring at the bottom of a glacier, and pushed along over its bed.When the glacier melts, consisting of material frozen in the bottom, glacial drift, gravel, ground moraine, sand, silt, this material is usually deposited in a relatively thin sheet over the area occupied by the glacier, till, till sheet), απλό δείγμα (simple sample, unstratified sample), τυχαίο δείγμα (random sample, simple sample, unstratified sample). (various references)

   

Italian

  

morena di fondo (an unstratified glacial deposit of clay, and boulders covering part of the rock surface in those regions which were glaciated during the ice age ;a moraine occurring at the bottom of a glacier, and pushed along over its bed.When the glacier melts, consisting of material frozen in the bottom, glacial drift, gravel, ground moraine, sand, silt, this material is usually deposited in a relatively thin sheet over the area occupied by the glacier, till, till sheet), deposito glaciale (an unstratified glacial deposit of clay, and boulders covering part of the rock surface in those regions which were glaciated during the ice age ;a moraine occurring at the bottom of a glacier, and pushed along over its bed.When the glacier melts, consisting of material frozen in the bottom, glacial drift, gravel, ground moraine, sand, silt, this material is usually deposited in a relatively thin sheet over the area occupied by the glacier, till, till sheet), campione singolo (simple sample, unstratified sample), campione non stratificato (simple sample, unstratified sample). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

atifiedunstray

   

Portuguese

  

moreia de fundo (an unstratified glacial deposit of clay, and boulders covering part of the rock surface in those regions which were glaciated during the ice age ;a moraine occurring at the bottom of a glacier, and pushed along over its bed.When the glacier melts, consisting of material frozen in the bottom, glacial drift, gravel, ground moraine, sand, silt, this material is usually deposited in a relatively thin sheet over the area occupied by the glacier, till, till sheet), conglomerado de origem glaciária (an unstratified glacial deposit of clay, and boulders covering part of the rock surface in those regions which were glaciated during the ice age ;a moraine occurring at the bottom of a glacier, and pushed along over its bed.When the glacier melts, consisting of material frozen in the bottom, glacial drift, gravel, ground moraine, sand, silt, this material is usually deposited in a relatively thin sheet over the area occupied by the glacier, till, till sheet). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

нестратифицированный. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

morrena de fondo (an unstratified glacial deposit of clay, and boulders covering part of the rock surface in those regions which were glaciated during the ice age ;a moraine occurring at the bottom of a glacier, and pushed along over its bed.When the glacier melts, consisting of material frozen in the bottom, glacial drift, gravel, ground moraine, sand, silt, this material is usually deposited in a relatively thin sheet over the area occupied by the glacier, till, till sheet). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

morän (moraine). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "Unstratified"

Words rhyming with "unstratified" (pronounced 'Un*strat"i*fied'): Citified, Cornified, Countrified, Multiramified, Princified, self-satisfied, Semiacidified, Semilapidified, Semivitrified, Unossified, Wittified. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Unstratified

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-e-f-i-i-n-r-s-t-t-u"

-2 letters: infuriated, infuriates, stratified.

-3 letters: daintiest, denturist, distraint, distraite, dittanies, draftiest, driftiest, fatuities, finitudes, fruitiest, indurates, infuriate, intrusted, saturniid, transited, uintaites, unfairest, untidiest.

-4 letters: adenitis, antirust, audients, daintier, dainties, daunters, denarius, detrains, detritus, dirtiest, disinter, distrain, distrait, disunite, fainters, faintest, finitude, inditers, indrafts, indurate, inertias, instated, intreats, intrudes, intuited, naturist, neuritis, niftiest, nitrated, nitrates.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Unstratified


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

55 6E 73 74 72 61 74 69 66 69 65 64

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010101 01101110 01110011 01110100 01110010 01100001 01110100 01101001 01100110 01101001 01100101 01100100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0055 006E 0073 0074 0072 0061 0074 0069 0066 0069 0065 0064

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

558085868467867572757170

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage Frequency
4. Expressions
5. Translations: Modern
6. Rhymes
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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