Definition of "stratifying" []

• Present participle of stratify. (verb)

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• "Mr. Cragg achieves the same stratifying effect—iterating "Rational Beings," these columns with hints of faces—in other media."
• "This collection of 25 short form vignettes shows us how quickly a skilled writer can create place, character, conflict, and move a story to a stratifying conclusion."
• "Additionally, the distribution and abundance of phytoplankton communities throughout the world, as well as their phenology and productivity, are changing in response to warming, acidifying, and stratifying oceans."