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▪ I. stratiform, a.1|ˈstrætɪfɔːm|
[ad. F. stratiforme, as if ad. L. type *strātiformis, f. strātum: see stratum and -form.]
1. Geol. Disposed in the form of strata; showing apparent stratification.
1805[S. Weston] Werneria 8 Concrete carbonate of lime..is fistular, or in pipes or cylinders, or strati-form in layers. 1811Pinkerton Petral. I. 91 The other formation belongs to his [Werner's] Floetz, horizontal, or stratiform rocks. 1839H. T. De la Beche Rep. Geol. Cornwall, etc. vi. 163 This tendency to be divided or cleave in a stratiform manner is highly deceptive. 1856Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. xx. (1876) 416 But as we descend..we find stratiform layers of shells. 1883R. D. Irving in 3rd Ann. Rep. U.S. Geol. Surv. 118 Seven layers of stratiform amygdaloid running from 3 to 20 feet in thickness.
2. Forming or formed into strata or layers; spec. in stratiform cartilage, ‘cartilage covering the bone in an osteo-aponeurotic canal for a tendon’ (Syd. Soc. Lex., 1898).
1834Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) II. 555 A very thin layer spread over serous membranes, the stratiform, or membraniform, melanosis. 1847Todd's Cycl. Anat. IV. 104/2 Stratiform deposition is that occurring on serous surfaces in layers. 1871T. H. Green Introd. Pathol. ii. 12 The punctiform and stratiform redness of hyperæmia.
So † ˈstratiformed a. Geol. (see quot.).
1811Pinkerton Petral. I. Introd. p. xxix, A stratified rock [in Werner's nomenclature] implying that the strata are of one and the same substance; while the Floetz..often present beds of different substances. But this distinction is not of such utility or importance as to necessitate the introduction of a barbarous word; and if stratified be not precise, we may use stratiformed with Daubuisson.
▪ II. ˈstratiform, a.2
[f. strat-us: see -form.]
Resembling stratus clouds.
1853Kane Grinnell Exp. xxxv. (1856) 321 Long, stratiform illuminated clouds. 1885[see cumuliform a.]. 1944H. C. Willett Descriptive Meteorol. iv. 92 These high stratiform clouds are spread over large areas where convection is extensive in the lower atmosphere. 1978Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc. LIX. 518 (heading) An analytical model of snowflake growth in stratiform clouds. |