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Meanings of superjacent in English

Lying immediately above or on something else.

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        Examples for "subjacent"
        1
        Around it the hills, their slopes, and the subjacent valleys, were covered with men and horses.
        History of the Expedition to Russia / Undertaken by the Emperor ...
        2
        The subjacent ulcer had a healthy granulated appearance.
        An Essay on the Application of the Lunar Caustic in the Cure of ...
        3
        If their regions be subjacent to Cunard or White Star routes, they're especially likely to be bumped.
        The Book of the Damned
        4
        TDS and AFM revealed Volmer-Weber island growth dominated film formation with no evidence of a subjacent wetting layer.
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        5
        Wounds or defects in articular cartilage are repaired by fibrous or osseous tissue derived from the subjacent cancellous spaces.
        Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition.
        Usage of superjacent in English
        1
        We must not think, however, that all earth containing this ferment is capable of poisoning the superjacent atmosphere.
        Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884
        2
        And was it not possible, in the second place, that he had not sufficiently heated his infusions and the superjacent air?
        Discourses: Biological & Geological / Essays
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