interstratify

interstratify
interstratification, n.
/in'teuhr strat"euh fuy'/, v., interstratified, interstratifying.
v.i.
1. to lie in interposed or alternate strata.
v.t.
2. to interlay with or interpose between other strata.
3. to arrange in alternate strata.
[1815-25; INTER- + STRATIFY]

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