



stratification (s) (noun), stratifications (pl)
4. A layered arrangement or appearance of successive rock strata.
1. A patterning or marking with parallel grooves or narrow bands.
2. The striped pattern of striated muscle, or any of the light and dark bands that make up this effect.
3. One of a number of parallel lines or scratches on the surface of a rock that were inscribed by rock fragments embedded in the base of a glacier as it moved across the rock.
1. A shrill grating or chirping noise made by some insects by rubbing their body parts together.
2. A high-pitched squeaking or chirping sound made by a grasshopper, crickets, cicadas, etc.
subalternation (s) (noun), subalternations (pl)
The state of being inferior or a succession of turns: The subalternation of leaves refers to being arranged in a changeable pattern that becomes opposite to each other.
1. The act or process of having brought a people, or nation, under the control of another country.
2. That which is brought under domination or control; particularly, by military conquest.
A defense mechanism whereby the energies of undesirable instinctual cravings and impulses are converted into socially acceptable activities.
subordination (s) (noun), subordinations (pl)
An act of giving someone or something less importance or power: Kelsey notices that society can still be described as being of male domination and female subordination.
subornation (s) (noun), subornations (pl)
The acquiring of or getting someone to do a criminal act; especially, to commit perjury.
1. A part or subdivision of a population; especially, one originating from some other population.
2. An identifiable fraction or subdivision of a population.
subrogation (s) (noun), subrogations (pl)
The substitution of one legal claim for another one: There was a subrogation that included a transfer of Norbert's payments of his debt to Tamika, after her death, to her daughter.