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substrata
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n. (plural of substratum English)
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Substrata may refer to: Substrata (linguistics) , plural of substratum , a language influenced by another Substrata (gardening) , another term for subsoil Substrata (album) , an ambient music album by Biosphere Earth's substrata , the geologic layering ...
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Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Substratum \Sub*stra"tum\, n.; pl. Substrata . [L. substratus, p. p. of substernere to strew under; sub under + sternere to strew. See Stratum .] That which is laid or spread under; that which underlies something, as a layer of earth lying under another; ...
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The acknowledgment of this necessity, however, must not prevent us from recognizing the fact that, as a result of this restriction, modern scientific research, which has penetrated far into the dynamic substrata of nature, finds itself in the peculiar situation that it is not at all guided by its own concepts, but by the very forces it tries to detect.
She was still impressed by the fact that any understanding could pass between entities of such different basic substrata: a magnetically shaped plasma talking to walking packets of water.
The substrata through which his subterranean explorers crawl are as real as Verne can make them, a realness certified by an impressive display of scientific terminology.