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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

superstrate en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. A layer or stratum adjacent and parallel to another.
  2. The sudden increase in the electrical conductivity of some metals as their temperature falls to near absolute zero.
  3. The covering on the sunny side of a photovoltaic (PV) module, providing protection for the PV materials from impact and environmental degradation while allowing maximum transmission of the appropriate wavelengths of the solar spectrum.
  4. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of superstratum.
    • However influential Sanskrit and Pāli were, then, linguistically both were limited to a “superstrate” role here: nowhere did they replace the native tongues of Southeast Asia. 2014, Colin Renfrew, Paul Bahn, The Cambridge World Prehistory, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
superstrates Number=Plur lexicographic

Antonyms

substrate

superstrate en · VERB

Meanings

  1. To arrange in parallel layers or strata.

Forms

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superstrating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
superstrates Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
superstrated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
superstrated Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

superstratist

Relateds

strate