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SUBSTRATUM

\sʌbstɹˈɑːtəm], \sʌbstɹˈɑːtəm], \s_ʌ_b_s_t_ɹ_ˈɑː_t_ə_m]\

Definitions of SUBSTRATUM

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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That which is laid or spread under; that which underlies something, as a layer of earth lying under another; specifically (Agric.), the subsoil.
The permanent subject of qualities or cause of phenomena; substance.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

An under layer, as of soil or rock; hence, that which forms the groundwork.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

An under stratum or layer: the substance in which qualities exist.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

A lower stratum; substance.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

An underlying stratum; foundation; groundwork.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

The base to which a stationary animal or a plant is fixed.

1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.

n. [Latin] That which is laid or spread under ; a layer of earth lying under another ; the subsoil;-in metaphysics, the ultimate matter or substance forming the subject of perception, cognition, and cause of phenomena.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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