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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

;

pl.

Substrata

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[L.

substratus

, p. p. of

substernere

to strew under;

sub

under +

sternere

to strew. See

That which is laid or spread under; that which underlies something, as a layer of earth lying under another; specifically

(Agric.)

, the subsoil.

(Metaph.)

The permanent subject of qualities or cause of phenomena; substance.

Noun.

[L. substratus, spread under; sub and sterno.]

That which is laid or spread under; a layer of earth lying under another. In agriculture, the subsoil.

In metaphysics, the matter or substance supposed to furnish the basis in which the perceptible qualities inhere.