Subjacent
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /sʌbˈdʒeɪsənt/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Subjacent is an adjective meaning Lying beneath or at a lower level; underlying.
Meaning
Lying beneath or at a lower level; underlying.
Example Sentences
[in relation to the second floor flat in a tenement building] the subjacent first floor and ground floor flats were ... owned by the first defenders.
In some places, however, quartz reefs, payably auriferous while in Silurian rock, have been followed down to subjacent granite, and have there been found to thin out and become unprofitable […]
Since the times of the Spanish conquest of the Americas, however, there had always been a subjacent stream of travel literature which had queried the civilizing function of Western penetration of such societies.
Synonyms for subjacent
Depending on context, synonyms include underlying.
Antonyms for subjacent
Common opposites include superjacent.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include underlying, neighbouring, neighbour, under, subject, underneath.
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