superjacent

[ soo-per-jey-suhnt ]

adjective

1. lying above or upon something else.

superjacent

/ ˌsuːpəˈdʒeɪsənt /

adjective

1. lying immediately above or upon

Word History and Origins

Origin of superjacent¹

1600–10; < Latin superjacent- (stem of superjacēns ), present participle of superjacēre to rest upon. See super-, subjacent

Word History and Origins

Origin of superjacent¹

C17: from Late Latin superjacēre, from Latin super- + jacēre to lie

Example Sentences

Steam is used partly to soften the membranes, but principally to increase the secretion from the mucous membrane, and thereby throw off the superjacent membrane.

From Project Gutenberg

The superjacent skin is tense and glistening, and the surrounding veins are more or less distended.

From Project Gutenberg

Village streets threaded around the hillside, eternally watched over by the superjacent castle.

From New York Times

Organs which easily expand laterally by encroachment upon their neighbors, which is a common effect of local excitement, must be slow to make any impression upon the superjacent bone of the cranium.

From Project Gutenberg

These investigations demonstrated that it was possible to follow out step by step in superjacent strata the actual evolution of fossil species and to establish the actual "phyletic series."

From Project Gutenberg