stratification

Formation or deposition of layers, as of rock or sediments.

The condition of being stratified.

A layered configuration.

The act of stratifying, or the state of being stratified; formation or arrangement in layers.

Specifically, in geology, deposition in beds or strata: the mode of occurrence of those rocks which have been laid down or spread over the surface by water.

In physiology, the thickening of a cell-wall by the deposition of successive thin layers of formed material; also, the arrangement of the layers so deposited.

In electricity, the appearance presented by an electric discharge, or a series of rapid discharges, in a rarefied gas, light and dark bands or striæ being produced.

The act or process of laying in strata, or the state of being laid in the form of strata, or layers.

The deposition of material in successive layers in the growth of a cell wall, thus giving rise to a stratified appearance.