Substratum (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun, plural sub·stra·ta [suhb-strey-tuh, -strat-uh, -suhb-strey-tuh, -strat-uh], /ˈsʌbˌstreɪ tə, -ˌstræt ə, -sʌbˈstreɪ tə, -ˈstræt ə/, sub·stra·tums.
  1. something that is spread or laid under something else; a stratum or layer lying under another.
  2. something that underlies or serves as a basis or foundation.
  3. the subsoil.
  4. the base or material on which a nonmotile organism lives or grows.
  5. substance, considered as that which supports accidents or attributes.
  6. a layer of material placed directly on a film or plate as a foundation for the sensitive emulsion.
  7. a set of features of a language traceable to the influence of an earlier language that it has replaced, especially among a subjugated population: The French word for 80, quatre-vingts (“four twenties”), may reflect a Celtic substratum.
noun plural -strata (-ˈstrɑːtə, -ˈstreɪtə)
  1. any layer or stratum lying underneath another
  2. a basis or foundation; groundwork
  3. the nonliving material on which an animal or plant grows or lives
  4. geology
    • the solid rock underlying soils, gravels, etc; bedrock
    • the surface to which a fixed organism is attached
  5. any of several subdivisions or grades within a stratum
  6. a binding layer by which an emulsion is made to adhere to a glass or film base
  7. substance considered as that in which attributes and accidents inhere
  8. the language of an indigenous population when replaced by the language of a conquering or colonizing population, esp as it influences the form of the dominant language or of any mixed languages arising from their contact
Plural substrata substratums
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