interstratify

English

Etymology

inter- +‎ stratify

Verb

interstratify (third-person singular simple present interstratifies, present participle interstratifying, simple past and past participle interstratified)

1. (geology, usually in passive) To put or insert between other strata.

   Sandstone interstratified with shale

2. To put between classes of society; to compose of multiple groups of people with similar social, cultural, or economic status.

References

• “interstratify”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.