substrate

[suhb-streyt]

noun

a substratum.

Biochemistry. the substance acted upon by an enzyme.

Electronics. a supporting material on which a circuit is formed or fabricated.

Nearby words

Origin of substrate

First recorded in 1570–80; variant of substratum

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Examples from the Web for substrate

Each 6000kg sculpture is lowered to the seabed where it is drilled into the substrate to lessen the effects of turbulent weather.
Artist Jason deCaires Taylor’s Underwater Sculptures Are a Sight to Sea|Justin Jones|April 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
If we remove form from matter, the substrate that then remains neither seems nor is large (since magnitude is part of form).
Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 2|Plotinos (Plotinus)
Consequently, the substrate of the images in matter consists of a lower image.
Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 4|Plotinos (Plotinus)
These forms produce themselves not in extension (which is a form), but in the substrate that has received extension.
Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 1|Plotinos (Plotinus)

First, there is the Idea of the supersensible in general, without any further determination of it, as the substrate of nature.
Kant's Critique of Judgement|Immanuel Kant
Substrate not common to all elements, being indeterminate, ii.
Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 4|Plotinos (Plotinus)

British Dictionary definitions for substrate

substrate

noun

biochem the substance upon which an enzyme acts

another word for substratum

electronics the semiconductor base on which other material is deposited, esp in the construction of integrated circuits

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Word Origin and History for substrate

substrate

1810, from Modern Latin substratum (see substratum).

Medicine definitions for substrate

substrate

[sŭb′strāt′]

n.

The material or substance on which an enzyme acts.

A surface on which an organism grows or is attached.

Science definitions for substrate

substrate

[sŭb′strāt′]

The material or substance on which an enzyme acts. See more at enzyme.

The surface on or in which plants, algae, or certain animals, such as barnacles or clams, live or grow. A substrate may serve as a source of food for an organism or simply provide support.