superjacent

American  

[soo-per-jey-suhnt] / ˌsu pərˈdʒeɪ sənt /

adjective

1. lying above or upon something else.

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superjacent British  

/ ˌsuːpəˈdʒeɪsənt /

adjective

1. lying immediately above or upon

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Etymology

Origin of superjacent

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

Example Sentences

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

From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2011

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 Buchanan's Journal of Man, January 1888 Volume 1, Number 12 by Buchanan, Joseph R. (Joseph Rodes)

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 Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell

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

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various

Endobronchial neoplasms may cause a subjacent bronchiectasis, and superjacent stenosis; the latter may require dilatation.

From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier