stratify

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"Later in the season when lakes stratify, trout seek the upper edge of thermocline," said Nathaniel Gillespie, fisheries scientist and director of the Eastern Land Protection Project for Trout Unlimited (www. tu.org).

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  1. transitive verb To form, arrange, or deposit in layers.
  2. transitive verb To preserve (seeds) by placing them between layers of moist sand or similar material.
  3. transitive verb To arrange or separate into castes, classes, or social levels.
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  • Slide 38: Germination Lab At Home Basil should germinate 3-7 days at 70  degrees with light or dark  Nicked seeds should germinate 7-14 days at 70 degrees  Add a small amount of water if towel is dry  Open bag to ventilate if moisture inside  If you need to pre chill or stratify, put in the refrigerator —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • "Later in the season when lakes stratify, trout seek the upper edge of thermocline," said Nathaniel Gillespie, fisheries scientist and director of the Eastern Land Protection Project for Trout Unlimited (www. tu.org). —  post-gazette.com - News
  • One approach is to stratify or classify responses by my network of contacts or those associated with my network. —  Screenwerk
  • GRACE scores, which stratify risk status as low, intermediate, or high [ —  theHeart.org
  • The guidelines say to risk-stratify all ACS patients, he noted, adding that in practice it may not always be done. —  theHeart.org
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  1. = French stratifier = Italian stratificare, from New Latin stratum, a layer, + Latin facere, make, do.
 

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/ˈstrætɪfai/
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