superjacent
[soo-per-jey-suh nt]
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adjective
lying above or upon something else.
Nearby words
- superior vena cava,
- superior, lake,
- superiority,
- superiority complex,
- superiorly,
- superjet,
- superjumbo,
- superkingdom,
- superl.,
- superlative
Origin of superjacent
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Examples from the Web for superjacent
When the normal tissue was not injured I never saw any that were not superjacent and could not easily be peeled off (croupous).
A root which was exposed to view, through the washing away of the superjacent soil, measured 110 feet in length.
The Desert World|Arthur ManginThe superjacent skin is tense and glistening, and the surrounding veins are more or less distended.
We must not think, however, that all earth containing this ferment is capable of poisoning the superjacent atmosphere.
superjacent
adjective
Word Origin for superjacent
C17: from Late Latin superjacēre, from Latin super- + jacēre to lie
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