stratum
Nouns
- (n) one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock)
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(n) people having the same social, economic, or educational status
- the working class
- an emerging professional class
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(n) an abstract place usually conceived as having depth
- a good actor communicates on several levels
- a simile has at least two layers of meaning
- the mind functions on many strata simultaneously