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Definition: Subjacent |
SubjacentAdjective1. Lying nearby but lower; "hills and subjacent valleys". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "subjacent" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1832. (references) |
Etymology: Subjacent \Sub*ja"cent\, adjective. [Latin expression subjacens, present participle of subjacere to lie under; sub under jacere to lie.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Mining | Said of a stratum situated immediately under a particular higher stratumor below an unconformity. Ant: superjacent. Syn:underlying. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Antonym: superjacent (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Lowness | Adjective: low, neap, debased; nether, nether most; flat, level with the ground; lying low; Verb: crouched, subjacent, squat, prostrate; (horizontal). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Subjacent |
| English words defined with "subjacent": Subjected. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "subjacent": Denture Rebasing. (references) |
| "Subjacent" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Subjacent" is used about 6 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 6 | 143,867 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "subjacent": subjacent beds. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "subjacent"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i poshtëm (base, under), i nënvetshëm. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | лежащ по-ниско от. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | underliggende lag (subjacent bed, underbed, underlying bed), hængende lag (subjacent beds, underlying beds, underlying strata). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | steunlaag (subjacent bed, underbed, underlying bed), vloerlaag (subjacent bed, underbed, underlying bed), onderliggende lagen (subjacent beds, underlying beds, underlying strata). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | alla olevat kerrokset (subjacent beds, underlying beds, underlying strata), alapuoliset kerrokset (subjacent beds, underlying beds, underlying strata). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | couches sous-jacentes (subjacent beds), couche sous-jacente (subjacent bed, substrate), couche inférieure (subjacent bed), couche du mur (subjacent bed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | tieferliegend (underlying). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κειμένοσ υποκάτω (underlying), υποκείμενοσ (liable, subject). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | közvetlenül alatta levõ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | strato sottostante (subjacent bed, underbed, underlying bed), strato inferiore (roadbed, subjacent bed, underbed, undergrowth, underlying bed, understory, underwood). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ubjacentsay subjacente (underlying), fundamental (basal, bottom, central, first, primal, primordial, principal, root, underlying), basal (basal, basic). (various references) расположенный ниже. (various references) koji leži ispod (underlying), koji je u podnožju, donji (lower, under). (various references) subyacente (underlying). (various references) liggande (laying, lying, recumbent). (various references) ข้างใต้. (various references) temel olan, alttaki (bottom, downstairs, Nether), altındaki. (various references) який лежить в основі, розташований нижче. (various references) ở phía dưới (below), ở dưới (below, beneath). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "subjacent": subjacently. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "subjacent" (pronounced 'Sub*ja"cent'): Acaulescent, Accrescent, Acquiescent, Adducent, Adipescent, Adnascent, Albescent, Alkalescent, Arborescent, Candescent, Canescent, Caulescent, Cerulescent, Cinerescent, Circumjacent, Coalescent, Complacent, Conducent, Connascent, Contabescent, Decent, Dehiscent, Deliquescent, Delitescent, -escent, Fervescent, Flavescent, Florescent, fluorescent, Fremescent, Frutescent, Gangrenescent, Glaucescent, ignescent, incandescent, indecent, indehiscent, iridescent, liquescent, lucent, Lutescent, Maledicent, Manuducent, Marcescent, Maturescent, Nascent, Nigrescent, Obsolescent, Opalescent, Papescent. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-e-j-n-s-t-u" | |
-2 letters: butanes, jaunces, nutcase, subject. | |
-3 letters: abject, absent, acutes, ascent, beauts, butane, cantus, centas, cuesta, enacts, jaunce, jaunts, juntas, sacbut, secant, sejant, stance, subnet, tabuns, uncase, unseat, usance. | |
-4 letters: abets, abuse, abuts, acnes, acute, antes, aunts, banes, baste, bates, beans, beast, beats, beaus, beaut, bents, betas, bunts, butes, canes, canst, cants, caste, cates, cause. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-c-e-j-n-s-t-u" | |
+2 letters: subjacently. | |
+5 letters: nonjusticiable. | |
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