Associations to the word «Stratigraphy»

Wiktionary

STRATIGRAPHY, noun. (geology) The study of rock layers and the layering process (stratification).
STRATIGRAPHY, noun. (archaeology) the layering of deposits, with newer remains overlaying older ones, forming a chronology of the site.

Dictionary definition

STRATIGRAPHY, noun. The branch of geology that studies the arrangement and succession of strata.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats