substrate
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: simple
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Etymology: Anglicization of substratum.
Inflected forms:
form: substrates
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: more substrate
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most substrate
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: An underlying layer; a substratum.
pos: noun
gloss: The substance lining the bottom edge of an enclosure.
pos: noun
examples: The substrate of an aquarium can affect the water's acidity.
Stream substrate affects fish longevity.
gloss: A substance acted upon, as by an enzyme.
pos: noun
gloss: A surface on which an organism grows, or to which an organism or an item is attached.
pos: noun
examples: The rock surface of a rockpool is the substrate for a sessile organism such as a limpet.
This definition [of "tool"] is not simple, but contains several elements. The tool must not be part of the animal's body (a beak is not a tool); the user must manipulate the tool in some way for it to realise its function; and, finally, a tool cannot be attached to the substrate. This is a fairly clear definition, but does seem to produce some rather arbitrary distinctions (Hansell 1987b). The spider Dinopis, for example, makes a small web which it holds in its legs, thrusting it down on passing ants. This is a tool, but all other webs, however complex, are not since they are anchored to the substrate. The woodpecker finch […] that uses a fine stick held in the beak to extract insect prey from wood, is a tool user, but a shrike […] that impales an insect on a thorn still attached to the bush is not.
Detach/subtract [tasks involve] Severing a fixed attachment between environmental objects (or the substrate) or removing object(s) from another unattached object, so the latter is a more useful tool.
Amphisteginids and peneroplids were among the few taxa found in the bay environments, probably due to their preferences for phytal substrates and tolerance to moderate levels of eutrophication.
gloss: A language that is replaced in a population by another language and that influences the language imposed on its speakers.
pos: noun
gloss: A metal which is plated with another metal which has different physical properties.
pos: noun
gloss: A surface to which a substance adheres.
pos: noun
gloss: Having very slight furrows.
pos: adj
Synonyms: underlayer
Derived words: bisubstrate
cosubstrate
heterosubstrate
monosubstrate
multisubstrate
nanosubstrate
nonsubstrate
phosphosubstrate
pseudosubstrate
substratal
substratism
substratist
substratomaniac
substratophile
substratophilia
substratophobe
substratophobia
Translations:
lang: Catalan
word: substrat
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 底物
roman: dǐwù
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 受質 /受质
roman: shòuzhì
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 底材
roman: dǐcái
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 基質 /基质
roman: jīzhì
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 反應物 /反应物
roman: fǎnyìngwù
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 酶作用物
roman: méizuòyòngwù
lang: Finnish
word: substraatti
lang: French
word: substrat
lang: German
word: Substrat
lang: Hebrew
word: מַצָּע
roman: matsá
lang: Irish
word: substráit
lang: Italian
word: substrato
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: substrat
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: substrat
lang: Portuguese
word: substrato
lang: Spanish
word: sustrato
lang: Spanish
word: substrato
lang: Swedish
word: substrat
lang: Vietnamese
word: chất nền