Cultural vs. Stratum — What's the Difference?

Of or relating to culture or cultivation.

In geology and related fields, a stratum (plural: strata) is a layer of sedimentary rock or soil, or igneous rock that was formed at the Earth's surface, with internally consistent characteristics that distinguish it from other layers. The "stratum" is the fundamental unit in a stratigraphic column and forms the basis of the study of stratigraphy.

Pertaining to culture.

A horizontal layer of material, especially one of several parallel layers arranged one on top of another.

(technical) Due to human activity.

(Geology) A bed or layer of sedimentary rock that is visually distinguishable from adjacent beds or layers.

Of or pertaining to culture.

Any of the regions of the atmosphere, such as the troposphere, that occur as layers.

Of or relating to the arts and manners that a group favors;

(Biology) A layer of tissue

Denoting or deriving from or distinctive of the ways of living built up by a group of people;

A level of society composed of people with similar social, cultural, or economic status.

Of or relating to the shared knowledge and values of a society;

One of a number of layers, levels, or divisions in an organized system

Relating to the raising of plants or animals;

One of several parallel horizontal layers of material arranged one on top of another.

(geology) A layer of sedimentary rock having approximately the same composition throughout.

Any of the regions of the atmosphere, such as the stratosphere, that occur as layers.

(biology) A layer of tissue.

A class of society composed of people with similar social, cultural, or economic status.

(ecology) A layer of vegetation, usually of similar height.

(computing) The level of accuracy of a computer's clock, relative to others on the network.

A bed of earth or rock of one kind, formed by natural causes, and consisting usually of a series of layers, which form a rock as it lies between beds of other kinds. Also used figuratively.

A bed or layer artificially made; a course.

One of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism)

An abstract place usually conceived as having depth;