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Definition of Substratum

1. Noun. A surface on which an organism grows or is attached. "The gardener talked about the proper substrate for acid-loving plants"

2. Noun. Any stratum or layer lying underneath another.

3. Noun. An indigenous language that contributes features to the language of an invading people who impose their language on the indigenous population. "The Celtic languages of Britain are a substrate for English"

Definition of Substratum

1. n. That which is laid or spread under; that which underlies something, as a layer of earth lying under another; specifically (Agric.), the subsoil.

Definition of Substratum

1. Noun. A layer that lies underneath another ¹

2. Noun. (figuratively) The underlying cause or basis of something ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Substratum

1. [n -TA or -TUMS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Substratum

substoichiometric substorm substorms substract substracted substracting substractive substracts substrata substrate

substrated substrategic substrates substratification substratifications substratum (current term) substratums substream substreams substring

substrings substruct substructed substructing substructions substructs substructural substructure substructured

Literary usage of Substratum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. From Latin to Spanish by Paul M. Lloyd (1987)
"The term substratum is usually used to refer to a language that has been ... The theory of the substratum originated in the nineteenth century as a way of ..."

2. From Latin to Spanish by Paul M. Lloyd (1987)
"Sound Changes Caused by Language Contact ("substratum" Theories) One of the ... The term substratum is usually used to refer to a language that has been ..."

3. Senescence and Rejuvenescence by Charles Manning Child (1915)
"The dynamic processes which occur in organisms do not and cannot constitute life in the absence of the colloid substratum, nor is the colloid substratum ..."

4. Senescence and Rejuvenescence by Charles Manning Child (1915)
"The dynamic processes which occur in organisms do not and cannot constitute life in the absence of the colloid substratum, nor is the colloid substratum ..."

5. Senescence and Rejuvenescence by Charles Manning Child (1915)
"The dynamic processes which occur in organisms do not and cannot constitute life in the absence of the colloid substratum, nor is the colloid substratum ..."

6. Igneous Rocks and Their Origin by Reginald Aldworth Daly (1914)
"Beneath that "crust" is the basaltic substratum which is still hot enough ... Physical Condition of the substratum.—It is not necessary to assume that the ..."

7. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1889)
"Suppose that a liquid substratum exists beneath the earth's crust, ... If such be the constitution of the substratum, it is obvious that, not only will the ..."

8. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun, Francis Wall Oliver, Mary Frances (Ewart) Macdonald, Marian (Balfour) Busk (1895)
"Now, if a root, after having sent out cells of this kind which contract an organic union with the substratum, reaches into the open, beyond the limit of the ..."

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