WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
strat•i•form
(strat′ə fôrm′),USA pronunciation adj.
- Geologyoccurring as a bed or beds;
arranged in strata. - Anatomynoting arrangement in thin layers, as in bone.
- Meteorology(of a cloud) having predominantly horizontal development. Cf. cumuliform.
- strati- + -form 1795–1805
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