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  2. Hypokeimenon - Wikipedia

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    Hypokeimenon (Greek: ὑποκείμενον), later often material substratum, is a term in metaphysics which literally means the "underlying thing" (Latin: subiectum). To search for the hypokeimenon is to search for that substance that persists in a thing going through change—its basic essence .

  3. Synonym - Wikipedia

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    A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means precisely or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. [2] For example, in the English language , the words begin , start , commence , and initiate are all synonyms of one another: they are synonymous .

  4. Substrate - Wikipedia

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    Substratum (linguistics), in linguistics, a language that influences but is supplanted by a second language; Neural substrate, in neuroscience, the set of brain structures that underlies a specific behavior or psychological state; Substrate (blockchain framework) is a framework for developing blockchains on the Polkadot network

  5. Parent rock - Wikipedia

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    In the earth sciences, parent rock, also sometimes substratum, is the original rock from which younger rock or soil is formed. In soil formation, the parent rock (or parent material) normally has a large influence on the nature of the resulting soil; for example, clay soil is derived from mudstone while sandy soil comes from the weathering of sandstones.

  6. Substrata - Wikipedia

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    Substrata, plural of substratum, may refer to: Earth's substrata, the geologic layering of the Earth; Hypokeimenon, sometimes translated as substratum, a concept in metaphysics; Substrata (album), a 1997 ambient music album by Biosphere Substrata 2, a 2001 double album by Biosphere, including a remaster of the 1997 album

  7. Stratum (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    In linguistics, a stratum (Latin for 'layer') or strate is a historical layer of language that influences or is influenced by another language through contact.The notion of "strata" was first developed by the Italian linguist Graziadio Isaia Ascoli, and became known in the English-speaking world through the work of two different authors in 1932.

  8. Stratum - Wikipedia

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    Related terms are substrate and substratum (pl.substrata), a stratum underlying another stratum. Characteristics.

  9. Talk:Stratum (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    Some editors seem to confuse the meaning of "substratum" and "superstratum". A language that contributes to another by invading and ruling over its speakers is a superstratum, not a substratum, so this message left about Arabic being a substratum in Italian (Sicily) and France is nonsensical. One could make an argument for the case of Spanish ...