Substrate
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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.