subjacent

American  

[suhb-jey-suhnt] / sʌbˈdʒeɪ sənt /

adjective

1. situated or occurring underneath or below; underlying.

2. forming a basis.

3. lower than but not directly under something.

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subjacent British  

/ sʌbˈdʒeɪsənt /

adjective

1. forming a foundation; underlying

2. lower than though not directly below

   tall peaks and their subjacent valley

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Other Word Forms

• subjacency noun
• subjacently adverb

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

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

But besides the skin, the subjacent tissues may become involved in the inflammation, and give rise to the formation of pus.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various

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

Rostrum, exceedingly minute, enlarged at each zone of growth, not so wide as the immediately subjacent scale on the peduncle.

From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles

Wherever the subjacent rock is visible along the banks it presents beds of an ashen-grey pumice-stone, which constitutes the chief building material of Manila.

From Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. by Scherzer, Karl Ritter von