The meaning of STRATIFIED is formed, deposited, or arranged in stable layers or strata. How to use stratified in a sentence.

A stratified society is one that is divided into different classes or social layers. ...a highly stratified, unequal and class-divided society. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © …

arranged in separate layers: stratified rock a stratified society (Definition of stratified from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

strat·i·fied , strat·i·fy·ing , strat·i·fies v. tr. 1. To form, arrange, or deposit in layers. 2. To prepare for germination by storing them under cold,...

STRATIFIED meaning: 1 : arranged or formed in layers; 2 : divided into social classes

Social stratification refers to a society's categorization of its people into groups based on socioeconomic factors like wealth, income, race, education, ethnicity, gender, occupation, social status, or derived …

There are eight meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective stratified, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.