subjacent
Americanadjective
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situated or occurring underneath or below; underlying.
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forming a basis.
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lower than but not directly under something.
adjective
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forming a foundation; underlying
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lower than though not directly below
tall peaks and their subjacent valley
Other Word Forms
Etymology
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
Example Sentences
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From the ventral surface of the collar nerve-tube numerous motor fibres may be seen passing to the subjacent musculature.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various
Close at the margin of the well leaves would decay to skeletons and mummies, which at length some stronger gust would carry clear of the ca�on and scatter in the subjacent woods.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 2 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
In width they equal the seven subjacent scales of the peduncle, and are more than half as long as the basal margin of the carina.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles
He walks along the borders of a marsh, among the spots left dry by the surrounding waters, but particularly wherever the vegetation seems to present the subjacent soil undisturbed.
From Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom by Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold)
I see the point of it clear and sharp, but I see also the vast subjacent mass of solid knowledge.”
From Studies in Contemporary Biography by Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount
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