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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024stra•tig•ra•phy (strə tig′rə fē),USA pronunciation n. - Geologya branch of geology dealing with the classification, nomenclature, correlation, and interpretation of stratified rocks.
- 1860–65; strati- + -graphy
stra•tig′ra•pher, stra•tig′ra•phist, n. strat•i•graph•ic (strat′i graf′ik),USA pronunciation strat′i•graph′i•cal, adj. strat′i•graph′i•cal•ly, adv. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: stratigraphy /strəˈtɪɡrəfɪ/ n - the study of the composition, relative positions, etc, of rock strata in order to determine their geological history
- a vertical section through the earth showing the relative positions of the human artefacts and therefore the chronology of successive levels of occupation
stratigraphic /ˌstrætɪˈɡræfɪk/, ˌstratiˈgraphical adj |