Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Related in some way to strata.

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  • adjective of or pertaining to a stratum

Etymologies

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stratum +‎ -al

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  • It may be as sharp and as striking as the stratal layer that marks the death of the dinosaurs, at the end of the Cretaceous Period.

    Comments for OUPblog 2009

  • It may be as sharp and as striking as the stratal layer that marks the death of the dinosaurs, at the end of the Cretaceous Period.

    OUPblog 2009

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