superstrate
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English
Noun
superstrate (plural superstrates)
- A layer or stratum adjacent and parallel to another.
- (physics) The sudden increase in the electrical conductivity of some metals as their temperature falls to near absolute zero.
- (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.
- (linguistics) Alternative form of superstratum
- 2014, Colin Renfrew, Paul Bahn, The Cambridge World Prehistory, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN:
- 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.
- Antonym: substrate
Verb
superstrate (third-person singular simple present superstrates, present participle superstrating, simple past and past participle superstrated)