stratigraphic

[struh-tig-ruh-fee]

stra·tig·ra·phy

[struh-tig-ruh-fee]
noun
a branch of geology dealing with the classification, nomenclature, correlation, and interpretation of stratified rocks.

Origin:
1860–65; strati- + -graphy

stra·tig·ra·pher, stra·tig·ra·phist, noun
strat·i·graph·ic [strat-i-graf-ik] , strat·i·graph·i·cal, adjective
strat·i·graph·i·cal·ly, adverb
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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stratigraphy (strəˈtɪɡrəfɪ)
 
n
1.  stratig the study of the composition, relative positions, etc, of rock strata in order to determine their geological history
2.  archaeol a vertical section through the earth showing the relative positions of the human artefacts and therefore the chronology of successive levels of occupation
 
stratigrapher
 
n
 
stratigraphist
 
n
 
stratigraphic
 
adj
 
strati'graphical
 
adj

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