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subjacent


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Subjacent  \Sub*ja"cent\,  a.  [L.  subjacens,  p.  pr  of  subjacere 
  to  lie  under  sub  under  +  jacere  to  lie.] 
  1.  Lying  under  or  below. 
 
  2.  Being  in  a  lower  situation,  though  not  directly  beneath; 
  as  hills  and  subjacent  valleys. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  subjacent 
  adj  :  lying  nearby  but  lower;  "hills  and  subjacent  valleys"  [ant: 
  {superjacent}] 




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