The process by which a region is divided into relatively distinct, nearly horizontal, layers. Sedimentary rock often consists of various strata because the rock was laid at different times when different materials were being deposited. Lakes and oceans...

// (pl. strata //) n. 1. In Relational Grammar, any one of the several levels of organization typically postulated as forming part of the syntactic structure of a sentence. 2. More generally, in any theory of grammar in which the structure of a...

1 Level of classification whose elements define the elements of the next highest level. For example, morphophonemes are defined by phonemes. 2 In S.M.Lamb’s stratificational grammar, structural levels which are ordered hierarchically and have a...

n. (pl. strata 1. Any one of the planes of representation recognized in Stratificational phonology. 2. [rare] See level (sense...

In geology and related fields, a stratum (plural: strata) is a layer of rock or soil with internally consistent characteristics that distinguishes it from contiguous layers. Each layer is generally one of a number of parallel layers that lie one upon...

Their cheeks glow red for no apparent reason, the condition comes and goes and can worsen over time. It is almost like acne, but generally affects people age 30 to 60.Researchers now believe they have found a key mechanism that drives rosacea, a possible clue...

Their cheeks glow red for no apparent reason, the condition comes and goes and can worsen over time. It is almost like acne, but generally affects people age 30 to 60.Researchers now believe they have found a key mechanism that drives rosacea, a possible clue...

STARTING OUT IN THE EVENINGRunning Time 111 minutes Written and directed by Andrew Wagner Starring Lauren Ambrose, Frank Langella, Lili TaylorExcellent, deeply introspective performances by Frank Langella and the phenomenal Lauren Ambrose inform and enhance Starting Out in the Evening, a moody film by...

Climate Change: It turns out that the global warming theorists have missed on another of their predictions. Shouldn't that be a deeply harmful, if not fatal, blow to the credibility of their argument?For years some climatologists have said that global warming would actually cause northwest...