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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No; but exceptionally, from accidental injury, the subjacent corium becomes inflamed, suppurates, and the thickened mass is cast off.
From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Henry Weightman Stelwagon
The subjacent rocks consist of alternations of black slate, limestone, and serpentine.
From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Sir Charles Lyell
Soon the swellings on the mucosa become eroded and are gradually destroyed, forming large unhealthy, chancrous-looking ulcers, tending to become confluent and to eat deeply through the mucosa into the subjacent tissues.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Of these, the strata, near and under Paris, lying in a hollow of the subjacent strata, and hence termed the Paris Basin, attracted prominent notice in the first place.
From The Plurality of Worlds by Edward Hitchcock
Their sides are deeply covered with sand and clay, arising most probably from the disintegration of the subjacent rocks.
From Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea by John Franklin
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