substrate
/ˈsʌbstreɪt/
noun
- A surface or material on which something grows, lives, or is attached.
- In the aquarium, gravel serves as the substrate for the plants to root in.
- The artist applied paint to a wooden substrate before adding the final details.
- The coral needs a hard substrate like rock to attach itself to the ocean floor.
- The base layer or underlying substance that supports something, especially in technology or manufacturing.
- In electronics, a silicon substrate is used to build microchips.
- Solar panels are made by placing photovoltaic cells on a glass substrate.
- The printer deposits ink onto a paper substrate to create the image.
- A substance that is acted upon by an enzyme in a chemical reaction.
- The enzyme lactase breaks down the substrate lactose into simpler sugars.
- Each enzyme is specific to a particular substrate that it helps to transform.
- In the lab, we added the substrate to the enzyme solution to observe the reaction.
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