subjacent

English

Etymology

From Latin subiaceō (“lie beneath”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /sʌbˈdʒeɪsənt/

Adjective

subjacent (comparative more subjacent, superlative most subjacent)

1. Lying beneath or at a lower level; underlying.
   • 1887, R. A. Murray, Victoria. Geology and Physical Geography, page 126:

     In some places, however, quartz reefs, payably auriferous while in Silurian rock, have been followed down to subjacent granite, and have there been found to thin out and become unprofitable […]

   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, pages 194–5:

     Since the times of the Spanish conquest of the Americas, however, there had always been a subjacent stream of travel literature which had queried the civilizing function of Western penetration of such societies.

Derived terms

• subjacency
• subjacently

Translations

underlying

• French: sous-jacent (fr) m
• Ido: subjacanta
• Portuguese: subjacente (pt)
• Spanish: subyacente (es)

See also

• superjacent

French

Adjective

subjacent (feminine subjacente, masculine plural subjacents, feminine plural subjacentes)

1. subjacent

Further reading

• “subjacent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Verb

subjacent

1. third-person plural present active indicative of subjaceō