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Substrate

//ˈsʌbˌstɹeɪt// adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having very slight furrows.
Noun
  1. 1
    An underlying layer; a substratum.
  2. 2
    an indigenous language that contributes features to the language of an invading people who impose their language on the indigenous population wordnet
  3. 3
    The substance lining the bottom edge of an enclosure.

    "The substrate of an aquarium can affect the water's acidity."

  4. 4
    any stratum or layer lying underneath another wordnet
  5. 5
    A substance acted upon, as by an enzyme.
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  1. 6
    a surface on which an organism grows or is attached wordnet
  2. 7
    A surface on which an organism grows, or to which an organism or an item is attached.

    "The rock surface of a rockpool is the substrate for a sessile organism such as a limpet."

  3. 8
    the substance that is acted upon by an enzyme or ferment wordnet
  4. 9
    A language that is replaced in a population by another language and that influences the language imposed on its speakers.
  5. 10
    A metal which is plated with another metal which has different physical properties.
  6. 11
    A surface to which a substance adheres.
Verb
  1. 1
    To strew or lay under. obsolete, transitive

    "The melted glass being supported by the substrated sand."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Anglicization of substratum.

Etymology 2

Anglicization of substratum.

Etymology 3

Anglicization of substratum.

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