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Synonyms for subjacent


Grammar : Adj
Spell : suhb-jey-suh nt
Phonetic Transcription : sʌbˈdʒeɪ sənt



Définition of subjacent

Origin :
  • 1590s, from Latin subiacentem (nominative subiacens), present participle of subiacere "to lie underneath" (see subject (n.)).
  • adj beneath
Example sentences :
  • Now with a churn-staff, beat it till the thick substance just mentioned, be intimately blended with the subjacent fluid.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • Their descendants gain the subjacent zone, and so the process goes on.
  • Extract from : « The Industries of Animals » by Frdric Houssay
  • The subjacent cellular tissue was much distended with serum.
  • Extract from : « On the origin of inflammation of the veins » by Henry Lee
  • It was not formed by the disintegration of the subjacent rocks, but by aqueous transport.
  • Extract from : « Cornwall » by Sabine Baring-Gould
  • Is not this second infinite, so to speak, subjacent to the first?
  • Extract from : « Les Misrables » by Victor Hugo
  • Below this layer fresh segments continue for some time to be added to the blastoderm from the subjacent yolk.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume III (of 4) » by Francis Maitland Balfour
  • The subjacent rocks consist of alternations of black slate, limestone, and serpentine.
  • Extract from : « Principles of Geology » by Charles Lyell
  • If the subjacent iliac and psoas muscles be implicated, the thigh is flexed upon the leg in decubitus.
  • Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II » by Various
  • Its edges fade away gradually in the surface of the subjacent sandstone.
  • Extract from : « Remarks on some fossil impressions in the sandstone rocks of Connecticut River » by John Collins Warren
  • The heat given out melts the subjacent tallow, and expands whatever it warms.
  • Extract from : « Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I » by Herbert Spencer

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