Substrate
noun
The base or material on which something is built, grows, or lives.
The thin soil layer which provides substrate for the forest's massive trees.
Often appears as...
- substrate layer
- substrate material
noun
The substance on which an enzyme acts.
The enzyme binds to its substrate and facilitates a chemical reaction.
Often appears as...
- enzyme substrate
- substrate specificity
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Academic
noun
The physical layer where electronics are fabricated or mounted.
The semiconductor devices are formed on a silicon substrate.
Often appears as...
- silicon substrate
- substrate impedance
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Technical
noun
The base or material on which something is built, grows, or lives.
The thin soil layer which provides substrate for the forest's massive trees.
Often appears as...
- substrate layer
- substrate material
noun
The substance on which an enzyme acts.
The enzyme binds to its substrate and facilitates a chemical reaction.
Often appears as...
- enzyme substrate
- substrate specificity
Usage tips
Academic
noun
The physical layer where electronics are fabricated or mounted.
The semiconductor devices are formed on a silicon substrate.
Often appears as...
- silicon substrate
- substrate impedance
Usage tips
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/3Metaphoric Use
Often used metaphorically for something that underpins or supports another thing.
The company's ethics serve as the substrate for its success.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Visible
The substrate may not be immediately apparent, as it's often underlying or beneath.
Paint adheres well to the hidden wood substrate of the canvas.
Pro Tip 3/3Context Specific
Be aware of the context in which 'substrate' is used, it could refer to a physical or abstract foundation.
The school’s ethos is the substrate for the curriculum.
Pro Tip 1/3Metaphoric Use
Often used metaphorically for something that underpins or supports another thing.
The company's ethics serve as the substrate for its success.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Visible
The substrate may not be immediately apparent, as it's often underlying or beneath.
Paint adheres well to the hidden wood substrate of the canvas.
Pro Tip 3/3Context Specific
Be aware of the context in which 'substrate' is used, it could refer to a physical or abstract foundation.
The school’s ethos is the substrate for the curriculum.
Pro Tip 1/3Metaphoric Use
Often used metaphorically for something that underpins or supports another thing.
The company's ethics serve as the substrate for its success.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Visible
The substrate may not be immediately apparent, as it's often underlying or beneath.
Paint adheres well to the hidden wood substrate of the canvas.
Pro Tip 3/3Context Specific
Be aware of the context in which 'substrate' is used, it could refer to a physical or abstract foundation.
The school’s ethos is the substrate for the curriculum.
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Should Primates be Kept...
Really? God, they have a huge amount of space. It's really important to give them as much space as we possibly can, also to give them the most natural environment. As you can see, sort of within the enclosures, there's lots of wood. We've got natural substrate on the ground, so that kind of incites sort of natural foraging behaviours. Oh, look at them go.
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Activation energy:...
Enter the enzyme. Enzymes are proteins that speed up, or catalyze, reactions by lowering the activation energy. They make it easier for the molecule, also known as a substrate, to get to the transition state. You can think of a reaction like a race. Some racers are running along, while others have teammates to help them.
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How can sculptures save...
in trouble it's time for artistic synergistic life support living sea sculptures using bio Rock mineral accretion technology by running low voltage current through seawater the limestone minerals abundant in the ocean deposit onto metal and the resulting surface is a natural substrate for
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Inside a Retirement Home...
difference between the life that was and I like that now it is some of these guys because they have been used in research some of them are afraid of the grass it's a foreign substrate to them so they're really hesitant they look around for affirmation like is this okay and
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Oil-Eating Bacteria...
erosion up until the stake respective spartina alterniflora is it's a very powerful ecosystem engineer which means that it physically impacts this entire ecosystem so just the presence of the marsh here is dependent on the ability of spartina to hold the substrate in
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Everest Biology - Life...
look underneath we're finding that basically soils are developed there's mosses there's little tussock grasses basically an ecosystem seems to actually be developing under the surface of this very unstable rocky substrate there's much more life
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String theory - Brian...
gravity works and let me show you what it is that he found so Einstein found that the medium that transmits gravity is space itself the idea goes like this imagine space is a substrate of all there is Einstein said space is nice and
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Making sense of string...
So Einstein found that the medium that transmits gravity is space itself. The idea goes like imagine space is a substrate of all there is. Einstein said space is nice and flat, if there's no matter present.
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What happens when our...
the truth is nobody really knows. What we do know is that the ultimate limit to information processing in a machine substrate lies far outside the limits in biological tissue. This comes down to physics.
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Finding life we can't...
to say, if we understand the fundamental processes that do not refer to any particular substrate, then we can go out and try other worlds, figure out what kind of chemical alphabets might there be,
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Should Primates be Kept...
Really? God, they have a huge amount of space. It's really important to give them as much space as we possibly can, also to give them the most natural environment. As you can see, sort of within the enclosures, there's lots of wood. We've got natural substrate on the ground, so that kind of incites sort of natural foraging behaviours. Oh, look at them go.
Video examples
Activation energy:...
Enter the enzyme. Enzymes are proteins that speed up, or catalyze, reactions by lowering the activation energy. They make it easier for the molecule, also known as a substrate, to get to the transition state. You can think of a reaction like a race. Some racers are running along, while others have teammates to help them.
Video examples
How can sculptures save...
in trouble it's time for artistic synergistic life support living sea sculptures using bio Rock mineral accretion technology by running low voltage current through seawater the limestone minerals abundant in the ocean deposit onto metal and the resulting surface is a natural substrate for
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Inside a Retirement Home...
difference between the life that was and I like that now it is some of these guys because they have been used in research some of them are afraid of the grass it's a foreign substrate to them so they're really hesitant they look around for affirmation like is this okay and
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Oil-Eating Bacteria...
erosion up until the stake respective spartina alterniflora is it's a very powerful ecosystem engineer which means that it physically impacts this entire ecosystem so just the presence of the marsh here is dependent on the ability of spartina to hold the substrate in
Video examples
Everest Biology - Life...
look underneath we're finding that basically soils are developed there's mosses there's little tussock grasses basically an ecosystem seems to actually be developing under the surface of this very unstable rocky substrate there's much more life
Video examples
String theory - Brian...
gravity works and let me show you what it is that he found so Einstein found that the medium that transmits gravity is space itself the idea goes like this imagine space is a substrate of all there is Einstein said space is nice and
Video examples
Making sense of string...
So Einstein found that the medium that transmits gravity is space itself. The idea goes like imagine space is a substrate of all there is. Einstein said space is nice and flat, if there's no matter present.
Video examples
What happens when our...
the truth is nobody really knows. What we do know is that the ultimate limit to information processing in a machine substrate lies far outside the limits in biological tissue. This comes down to physics.
Video examples
Finding life we can't...
to say, if we understand the fundamental processes that do not refer to any particular substrate, then we can go out and try other worlds, figure out what kind of chemical alphabets might there be,
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Irwin Rose
American Scientist
Enzymologists usually study the initial rates of reactions measuring product formation as a function of substrate concentration or other variable. Cell biologists are more likely to want to know the effect of a change on the steady state behavior of a complex system.
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Stanislav Grof
Czechoslovakian Psychologist
According to materialistic science, any memory requires a material substrate, such as the neuronal network in the brain or the DNA molecules of the genes.
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Hari Kunzru
British Novelist
I think it's important for all culturally literate people to understand the technological substrate of new developments.
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Irwin Rose
American Scientist
Enzymologists usually study the initial rates of reactions measuring product formation as a function of substrate concentration or other variable. Cell biologists are more likely to want to know the effect of a change on the steady state behavior of a complex system.
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Stanislav Grof
Czechoslovakian Psychologist
According to materialistic science, any memory requires a material substrate, such as the neuronal network in the brain or the DNA molecules of the genes.
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Hari Kunzru
British Novelist
I think it's important for all culturally literate people to understand the technological substrate of new developments.
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