sb. pl. [a. mod.L. type *strātula, pl. of *strātulum, dim. of STRATUM.] (See quots.)
1853. De La Condamine, in Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc., IX. 273, note. May not the word stratula be coined to describe those smaller subdivisions of strata which are frequently oblique? I should then say that the stratula here dip to the east.
1876. A. H. Green, Phys. Geol., ii. § 7. 83. The thicker layers of bedded rocks are usually spoken of as Beds or Strata, and the thinner as Laminæ or Stratula.
