substrate
noun/ˈsʌbstreɪt/
/ˈsʌbstreɪt/
(specialist)- a substance or layer which is under something or on which something happens, for example the surface on which a living thing grows and feedsWord Originearly 19th cent.: anglicized form of substratum.
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