stratifies
Arranges in levels
Stratifies means divides or arranges into layers or levels.
The term applies literally to geological formations where rock or soil settles into distinct bands, and figuratively to social hierarchies: Income inequality stratifies communities into separate worlds.
Something that stratifies creates or reveals divisions based on class, rank, or other distinguishing characteristics.
Ranked authority structure
- classGrouping by shared traits
- casteInherited social division
- ranksPositions in hierarchy
- echelonsLevels within a hierarchy
inequality · socioeconomic · mobility · privilege · elite · aristocracy · pecking order · gradation
Particles settling in liquid
- beddingMaterials covering a mattress
- depositionFormal testimony under oath
- sedimentaryFormed from deposited material
- shaleCompacted clay sediment
limestone · sandstone · outcrop · rock layers · compaction · erosion · fossils · cross-bedding
Assign to distinct groups
- sortMethod of ordering
- groupAssembled collection of things
- rankPosition in hierarchy
- arrangePlace methodically
order · classify · taxonomy · organize · systematize · hierarchy · tiering · subdivide
Division into sections
- demographicsStatistical population characteristics
- targetingSelecting as objective
- consumersThose who buy goods
- nicheRecessed wall space
profiling · socioeconomic · clusters · audience · subgroups · analytics · behavioral · income brackets
Of or relating to companies
- structureArrangement of interconnected parts
- tiersHorizontal arranged levels
- levelsHeights or ranked stages
- managementOrganizing and directing resources
departmentalization · bureaucracy · reporting · seniority · ladder · pyramid · centralization · decentralization
hierarchy
Ranked authority structure
echelons · inequality · socioeconomic · mobility · privilege · elite · aristocracy · pecking order · gradation · upper class
sedimentation
Particles settling in liquid
- beddingMaterials covering a mattress
- depositionFormal testimony under oath
- sedimentaryFormed from deposited material
shale · limestone · sandstone · outcrop · rock layers · compaction · erosion · fossils · cross-bedding · formations
categorize
Assign to distinct groups
arrange · order · classify · taxonomy · organize · systematize · hierarchy · tiering · subdivide · differentiate
segmentation
Division into sections
- demographicsStatistical population characteristics
- targetingSelecting as objective
- consumersThose who buy goods
niche · profiling · socioeconomic · clusters · audience · subgroups · analytics · behavioral · income brackets · personalization
corporate
Of or relating to companies
- structureArrangement of interconnected parts
- tiersHorizontal arranged levels
- levelsHeights or ranked stages
management · departmentalization · bureaucracy · reporting · seniority · ladder · pyramid · centralization · decentralization · governance
stratifiesequalizes
Makes amounts match
homogenizes · levels · democratizes · flattens · standardizes
stratifiesunifies
Combines into one
integrates · merges · combines · consolidates · amalgamates
- ocean stratificationSea divided by density
- lake stratificationTemperature-based water layering
- stratified societyPopulation organized by rank
- social stratificationSociety's hierarchical layering