superstrate
verb1
To arrange in parallel layers or strata.
- Derived terms
- superstratist
- Related terms
- strate
superstrate
noun1
A layer or stratum adjacent and parallel to another.
2
Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics The sudden increase in the electrical conductivity of some metals as their temperature falls to near absolute zero.
3
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.
4
Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences Alternative Alternative form of superstratum.
- 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.2014, Colin Renfrew, Paul Bahn, The Cambridge World Prehistory, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN: