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substrate

sub·strate
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [suhb-streyt]
    • /ˈsʌb streɪt/
    • /ˈsʌb.streɪt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [suhb-streyt]
    • /ˈsʌb streɪt/

Definitions of substrate word

  • noun substrate a substratum. 1
  • noun substrate Biochemistry. the substance acted upon by an enzyme. 1
  • noun substrate Electronics. a supporting material on which a circuit is formed or fabricated. 1
  • noun substrate biology: surface, support 1
  • noun substrate the substance upon which an enzyme acts 0
  • noun substrate the semiconductor base on which other material is deposited, esp in the construction of integrated circuits 0
See all 9 definitions of substrate

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Origin of substrate

First appearance:

before 1570
One of the 33% oldest English words
First recorded in 1570-80; variant of substratum

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Parts of speech for Substrate

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Substrate

substrate popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 75% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

substrate usage trend in Literature

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Related words

  • active site

    the part of an enzyme that interacts with the substrate during catalysis.

  • basal disk

    the flattened basal surface by which coelenterate polyps attach to the substrate.

  • glycolic acid

    a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 2 H 4 O 3 , that is a major substrate for photorespiration in plants: used chiefly for textile printing and dyeing and in pesticides.

  • kinase

    a transferase that catalyzes the phosphorylation of a substrate by ATP.

  • metal oxide semiconductor

    a three-layer sandwich of a metal, an insulator (usually an oxide of the substrate), and a semiconductor substrate, used in integrated circuits. Abbreviation: MOS.

  • oxidase

    any of a class of oxidoreductases that catalyze the oxidation of a substrate by molecular oxygen with the formation, in most cases, of hydrogen peroxide.
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