to preserve or render fertile (seeds) by storing between layers of sand or earth
3. sociology
to divide (a society) into horizontal status groups or (of a society) to develop such groups
Derived forms
stratified (ˈstratiˌfied)
adjective
Word origin
C17: from French stratifier, from New Latin stratificāre, from Latin stratum
Examples of 'stratifies' in a sentence
stratifies
We outline an automated computational and machine learning framework that predicts disease severity and stratifies patients.
Soumya Banerjee 2017, 'Automated interpretable computational biology in the clinic: a framework to predictdisease severity and stratify patients from clinical data', Interdisciplinary Description of Complex Systemshttp://indecs.eu/2017/indecs2017-pp199-208.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)