Superstrate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Superstrate is a noun meaning A layer or stratum adjacent and parallel to another.
Meaning
A layer or stratum adjacent and parallel to another.
More Meanings
- (physics) The sudden increase in the electrical conductivity of some metals as their temperature falls to near absolute zero.
- (linguistics) Alternative form of superstratum.
- To arrange in parallel layers or strata.
- (photovoltaics) The covering on the sunny side of a photovoltaic (PV) module, providing protection for the PV materials from impact and environmental degradation while allowing maximum transmission of the appropriate wavelengths of the solar spectrum.
Example Sentences
However influential Sanskrit and Pāli were, then, linguistically both were limited to a “superstrate” role here: nowhere did they replace the native tongues of Southeast Asia.
Word Forms
- superstrates
- superstrating
- superstrated
Antonyms for superstrate
Common opposites include substrate.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include overstratum, superstratum, sublayer, substratum, underlayer, underlay.
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