substratos

Substratos is a term used in several Romance languages as the plural form of substrate. In English, the corresponding terms are substrate and substrates; substratos may appear in scientific writing when presenting translations or multilingual data. The root substrate derives from Latin substratum, meaning the bottom layer or base. In scientific usage, a substrate refers to the underlying surface or material that supports a process or entity.

In biology and ecology, substratum describes the surface to which an organism adheres or grows, such as rocks, wood, soil particles, or aquatic sediments. In biochemistry, a substrate is a molecule acted upon by an enzyme or a synthetic catalyst; multiple substrates can be studied in parallel, hence substratos as a plural in languages that use that form.

In geology and soil science, substratum denotes the layer beneath the topsoil, including bedrock or consolidated material that influences drainage, mineral content, and root penetration.

In materials science and engineering, substratos (as a plural form) can refer to base materials for coatings or thin films, such as silicon wafers, glass, or crystalline substrates used in deposition processes.

Overall, substratos is not a distinct English term but a language-specific plural form that reflects the same underlying idea as substrate: a base or underlying surface that supports a process, object, or structure.