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substrate en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈsɐbˌstɹæɪt/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • (Texas) audio
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈsʌbˌstɹeɪt/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Anglicization of substratum.

Meanings

  1. Having very slight furrows.

Forms

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most substrate Degree=Sup lexicographic
more substrate Degree=Cmp lexicographic

substrate en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈsɐbˌstɹæɪt/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • (Texas) audio
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈsʌbˌstɹeɪt/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Anglicization of substratum.

Meanings

  1. An underlying layer; a substratum.
  2. The substance lining the bottom edge of an enclosure.
    • The substrate of an aquarium can affect the water's acidity.
    • Stream substrate affects fish longevity.
  3. A substance acted upon, as by an enzyme.
  4. A surface on which an organism grows, or to which an organism or an item is attached.
    • Detach/subtract [tasks involve] Severing a fixed attachment between environmental objects (or the substrate) or removing object(s) from another unattached object, so the latter is a more useful tool. 2006, Edward A. Wasserman, Thomas R. Zentall, Comparative Cognition: Experimental Explorations of Animal Intelligence, →ISBN, page 520:
    • The rock surface of a rockpool is the substrate for a sessile organism such as a limpet.
    • Amphisteginids and peneroplids were among the few taxa found in the bay environments, probably due to their preferences for phytal substrates and tolerance to moderate levels of eutrophication. 2015 December 29, “Spatial Patterns in the Distribution, Diversity and Abundance of Benthic Foraminifera around Moorea (Society Archipelago, French Polynesia)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
    • This definition [of "tool"] is not simple, but contains several elements. The tool must not be part of the animal's body (a beak is not a tool); the user must manipulate the tool in some way for it to realise its function; and, finally, a tool cannot be attached to the substrate. This is a fairly clear definition, but does seem to produce some rather arbitrary distinctions (Hansell 1987b). The spider Dinopis, for example, makes a small web which it holds in its legs, thrusting it down on passing ants. This is a tool, but all other webs, however complex, are not since they are anchored to the substrate. The woodpecker finch […] that uses a fine stick held in the beak to extract insect prey from wood, is a tool user, but a shrike […] that impales an insect on a thorn still attached to the bush is not. 2000, Mike Hansell, Bird Nests and Construction Behaviour, →ISBN, page 90:
  5. A language that is replaced in a population by another language and that influences the language imposed on its speakers.
  6. (qualifier:plating) A metal which is plated with another metal which has different physical properties.
  7. A surface to which a substance adheres.

Forms

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substrates Number=Plur lexicographic

Antonyms

superstrate

Deriveds

cosubstrate · phosphosubstrate · substratomaniac · multisubstrate · substratophile · substratism · substratal · pseudosubstrate · nanosubstrate · substratophilia · nonsubstrate · heterosubstrate · monosubstrate · substratophobia · substratophobe · substratist · bisubstrate

Synonyms

substratum (underlying layer) · underlayer

Translations (72)

de Nährboden (a surface on which an organism grows or is attached) · ca substrat (the material or substance on which an enzyme acts) · nl substraat (an underlying layer; a substratum) · de Trägermaterial (a surface to which a substance adheres) · de Substrat (a surface on which an organism grows or is attached) · es sustrato (an underlying layer; a substratum) · he מַצָּע (an underlying layer; a substratum) · es sustrato (a surface on which an organism grows or is attached) · cmn 底層語言 /底层语言 (an underlying layer; a substratum) · cmn 底物 (the material or substance on which an enzyme acts) · it sottostrato (a surface on which an organism grows or is attached) · de Substrat (the material or substance on which an enzyme acts) · ga foshraith (an underlying layer; a substratum) · hy ենթաշերտ (an indigenous language) · fr substrat (an underlying layer; a substratum) · ca substrat (an underlying layer; a substratum) · he מַצָּע (the material or substance on which an enzyme acts) · de Grundlage (an underlying layer; a substratum) · ga substráit (the material or substance on which an enzyme acts) · vi chất nền (the material or substance on which an enzyme acts) · he מַצָּע (a surface on which an organism grows or is attached) · uk субстра́т (an indigenous language) · fi aluskerros (an underlying layer; a substratum) · cmn 反應物 /反应物 (the material or substance on which an enzyme acts) · es substrato (an underlying layer; a substratum) · bg подложка (a surface to which a substance adheres) · fr substrat (a metal which is plated with another metal which has different physical properties) · de Bodengrund (a surface on which an organism grows or is attached) · es substrato (a surface on which an organism grows or is attached) · ca substrat (an indigenous language) · fi substraatti (a surface to which a substance adheres) · de Trägerstoff (a surface to which a substance adheres) · nb substrat (the material or substance on which an enzyme acts) · de Trägerschicht (a metal which is plated with another metal which has different physical properties) · pt substrato (the material or substance on which an enzyme acts) · fi substraatti (the material or substance on which an enzyme acts) · de Trägerschicht (a surface to which a substance adheres) · ca substrat (a surface on which an organism grows or is attached) · cmn 酶作用物 (the material or substance on which an enzyme acts) · de Untergrund (an underlying layer; a substratum) · ro substrat (an underlying layer; a substratum) · es substrato (the material or substance on which an enzyme acts) · de Substrat (an underlying layer; a substratum) · cs substrát (an indigenous language) · nn substrat (the material or substance on which an enzyme acts) · cmn 受質 /受质 (the material or substance on which an enzyme acts) · it substrato (the material or substance on which an enzyme acts) · es substrato (an indigenous language) · de Bodengrund (an underlying layer; a substratum) · fr substrat (a surface on which an organism grows or is attached) · es sustrato (an indigenous language) · fr substrat (the material or substance on which an enzyme acts) · de Substratsprache (an indigenous language) · sv substrat (an indigenous language) · ru субстра́т (an indigenous language) · de Untergrund (a surface on which an organism grows or is attached) · de Substrat (an indigenous language) · ca substrat (a surface to which a substance adheres) · cmn 底層 /底层 (an indigenous language) · cmn 底材 (the material or substance on which an enzyme acts) · fi kasvualusta (a surface on which an organism grows or is attached) · es sustrato (the material or substance on which an enzyme acts) · bg подложка (an underlying layer; a substratum) · de Grundlage (a surface to which a substance adheres) · fr substrat (an indigenous language) · fi substraatti (an indigenous language) · de Untergrund (a surface to which a substance adheres) · sq nënshtresë (an underlying layer; a substratum) · ca substrat (a metal which is plated with another metal which has different physical properties) · sv substrat (the material or substance on which an enzyme acts) · cmn 基質 /基质 (the material or substance on which an enzyme acts) · sq nënshtresë (an indigenous language)

substrate en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈsɐbˌstɹæɪt/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • (Texas) audio
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈsʌbˌstɹeɪt/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Anglicization of substratum.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To strew or lay under.
    • The melted glass being supported by the substrated sand. 1663, Robert Boyle, “(please specify the page)”, in Some Considerations Touching the Vsefulnesse of Experimental Naturall Philosophy, […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Hen[ry] Hall printer to the University, for Ric[hard] Davis, →OCLC, part I:

Forms

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substrating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
substrated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
substrated Tense=Past lexicographic
substrates Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic