1. stratum -- (one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism)).
2. level, layer, stratum -- (an abstract place usually conceived as having depth; "a good actor communicates on several levels"; "a simile has at least two layers of meaning"; "the mind functions on many strata simultaneously").
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