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
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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
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In from twenty-four to forty-eight hours a quantity of the germinating threads had bored through the walls and penetrated amongst the subjacent cells.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt) Cooke
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
The pebbles and larger masses of the conglomerate are quartzite, like that of the subjacent beds, and demonstrate the source of at least some of the material of the younger formation.
From The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin by Wallace W. Atwood
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
The analyses were made from the upper 10 inches, and a quantity of the 10 inches immediately subjacent was analysed as subsoil.
From Elements of Agricultural Chemistry by Thomas Anderson
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