Substrate may mean:
- Substrate (aquarium), the material used in the bottom of an aquarium
- Substrate (biochemistry), a molecule that is acted upon by an enzyme
- Substrate (materials science), the material on which a process is conducted
- Substrate (biology), the natural environment in which an organism lives, or the surface or medium on which an organism grows or is attached
- Substrate (chemistry), the catalytic material upon which chemical species react
- Substrate (marine biology), the earthy material that exists in the bottom of a marine habitat, like dirt, rocks, sand, or gravel
- Substrate (printing), the base material that images will be printed onto
- The stratum on which another geologic stratum lies
Substrate may also refer to:
- Wafer (electronics), material upon which semiconductor devices are fabricated
- Printed circuit board (electronics), or the electrically insulating portion of a PCB structure
- Substratum, in linguistics, a language that influences but is supplanted by a second language
- Neural substrate, in neuroscience, the set of brain structures that underlies a specific behavior or psychological state
For the concept of the Universal substrate in philosophy, see monism. The substrate of an Aquarium refers to the material used on the tank bottom Substrate is a term used in Materials science to describe the base material on which processing is conducted to produce new film or layers of material such as deposited coatings In Biology a substrate is the surface a plant or animal lives upon Stream substrate ( Sediment) is the material that rests at the bottom of a Stream. Substrate is a term used in Printing (mainly industrial printing to describe the base material onto which Images will be printed In Geology and related fields a stratum (plural strata) is a layer of rock or Soil with internally consistent characteristics that distinguishes Geology (from Greek γη gê, "earth" and λόγος Logos, "speech" lit A wafer is a thin slice of Semiconductor material such as a Silicon crystal used in the fabrication of Integrated circuit and other microdevices A printed circuit board, or PCB, is used to mechanically support and electrically connect Electronic components using conductive pathways or traces In Contact linguistics, a substratum ( lat sub: under + stratum: layer → lower layer) is a Language The term "concept" is traced back to 1554–60 ( l conceptum - something conceived but what is today termed "the classical theory of concepts" is the theory of Aristotle Philosophy is the study of general problems concerning matters such as existence knowledge truth beauty justice validity mind and language Monism is the metaphysical and Theological view that all is one that all reality is subsumed under the most fundamental category of being or existence
See also
A reagent or reactant is a substance or compound consumed during a Chemical reaction. A reagent or reactant is a substance or compound consumed during a Chemical reaction.
Dictionary
substrate
-noun
- (biochemistry) The material or substance on which an enzyme acts.
- (biology) A surface on which an organism grows or is attached e.g. the rock surface of a rockpool is the substrate for a sessile organism such as a limpet.
- An underlying layer; a substratum.
- (linguistics) An indigenous language that contributes features to the language of an invading people who impose their language on the indigenous population.
- (plating) A metal which is plated with another metal which has different physical properties.
- (construction) A surface to which a substance adheres.
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