Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  isopleth(Noun) A line drawn on a map through all points having the same value of some measurable quantity. 2  isopleth(Noun) thermodynamics A line in a phase diagram indicating the same mole fraction.
(a) General. Socially disadvantaged individuals are those who have been subjected to racial or ethnic prejudice or cultural bias within American society because of their identities as members of groups and without regard to their individual qualities. The social disadvantage must stem from circumstances beyond their control.
Social mobility is the movement of individuals, social groups or categories of people between the layers or strata in a stratification system.This movement can be intragenerational (within a generation) or intergenerational (between two or more generations).he categorization of people by social strata occurs in all societies, ranging from the complex, state-based societies to tribal and feudal societies, which are based upon socio-economic relations among classes of nobility and classes of peasants.