subjacent

[suhb-jey-suh nt]

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adjective

situated or occurring underneath or below; underlying.

forming a basis.

lower than but not directly under something.

Origin of subjacent

1590–1600; < Latin subjacent- (stem of subjacēns), present participle of subjacēre to underlie, equivalent to sub- sub- + jac(ēre) to lie + -ent- -ent

Related formssub·ja·cen·cy, nounsub·ja·cent·ly, adverb

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Related Words for subjacent

lower, underlying

Examples from the Web for subjacent

Historical Examples of subjacent

Now with a churn-staff, beat it till the thick substance just mentioned, be intimately blended with the subjacent fluid.
The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches,
Mary Eaton
Their descendants gain the subjacent zone, and so the process goes on.
The Industries of Animals
Frdric Houssay
The subjacent cellular tissue was much distended with serum.
On the origin of inflammation of the veins
Henry Lee
It was not formed by the disintegration of the subjacent rocks, but by aqueous transport.
Cornwall
Sabine Baring-Gould
Is not this second infinite, so to speak, subjacent to the first?
Les Misrables
Victor Hugo

British Dictionary definitions for subjacent

subjacent

adjective

forming a foundation; underlying

lower than though not directly belowtall peaks and their subjacent valley

Derived Formssubjacency, nounsubjacently, adverb

Word Origin for subjacent

C16: from Latin subjacēre to lie close, adjoin, be under, from sub- + jacēre to lie

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Word Origin and History for subjacent

adj.

1590s, from Latin subiacentem (nominative subiacens), present participle of subiacere "to lie underneath" (see subject (n.)).

subjacent in Medicine

subjacent

[sŭb-jā′sənt]

adj.

Below or beneath another part.

Related formssub•ja′cen•cy n.