The word 'stratum' is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used as a noun to mean “any of several distinct layers of rock; a geological formation” or “a layer or rank in a society or organization”. For example, you could say: “The Dark Hat stratum of the organization was responsible for the recent scandal.”.
She came from the stratum of honest tradesmen, from which Tory agents and local councillors might be recruited, but rarely MPs.
A taster of the Gambotto style:'Angelica,' he said, his chin resting on my belly, 'I've seen the dark star of your life; I've been within you; I've seen you lose your cold perception of yourself; I've known you pared to bestial stratum, plenum, lovely stuff; I understand better than anyone of the great oeuvre of your heart.' Fever of want.
He talked of opening the economy to the modernising forces of technology and the market, and of ending the corruption that pervades every stratum of an infinitely stratified country.
A more conservative and religious stratum looks to political Islam rather than socialism or capitalism as the answer to centuries of injustice, inequality and corruption.
Under the former boss, Rahul Bajaj, the company was typical of a stratum of Indian entrepreneurs, known as the Bombay club, who wanted to keep foreign competition at bay with tariff walls and domestic mergers.
When done locally, drug molecules of the right size and structure can slip past the stratum corneum, past the other skin layers and reach the blood stream, where a drug can do its stuff.It sounds simple enough.
They now mostly extract uranium by in-situ leaching (ISL), which pumps alkali or a weak sulphuric acid solution into an isolated, ore-bearing stratum and recovers the mineral in suspension.
Because this highly specialised layer is so effective, it takes extremely small chemical compounds, at unusually high dosages, along with special enhancement techniques, before a drug can penetrate the skin and be absorbed into the bloodstream.The stratum corneum might be thought of as the world's toughest jelly.
In the past few days they have made a series of raids and arrests.A stone's throw away, the mood among the regime's supporters, especially in the social stratum that has prospered under President Bashar Assad, borders on the hysterical.
It is this stratum that dates from 77,000 years ago.
In countries like India, sex selection began in "the urban, well-educated stratum of society," before spreading down the income ladder.I haven't read the book Mr Douthat is discussing, so I can't assess his characterisation of its argument.
