Definition of subjacent in English:
subjacent
adjective səbˈdʒeɪs(ə)ntˌsəbˈdʒeɪsnt
technical Situated below something else.
Example sentencesExamples
- The cause of crater formation can be envisaged as the subsidence of a structurally bound Triassic layer into a subjacent Zechstein succession, which was extending and thinning.
- At 187 m, a thin bed of iron-stained quartz sandstone drapes across an irregular surface cut into oolitic dolomitic grainstones that represent the latest phase of the subjacent shallowing record.
- Recent studies proposed that the Cretan detachment is a shallowly north-dipping normal fault, which formed subparallel to the subjacent subduction thrust in the Early Miocene.
- The metal content of the fluids thus reflects the trace-element composition of the subjacent source rocks which, in mid-ocean ridges, are basaltic.
- Viral antigen extended, in a time-dependent fashion, from nasal epithelium into the subjacent lamina propria and along olfactory nerves in cells interpreted to be perineural fibroblasts.
Derivatives
noun
technical Further evidence in favour of the variable analysis comes from the fact that the distribution of null objects is sensitive to subjacency.
Example sentencesExamples
- In this paper, we take a similar approach to one of the classic linguistic universals: subjacency.
Origin
Late 16th century: from Latin subjacent- 'lying underneath', from sub- 'under' + jacere 'to lie'.
Definition of subjacent in US English:
subjacent
adjectiveˌsəbˈjāsntˌsəbˈdʒeɪsnt
technical Situated below something else.
Example sentencesExamples
- The metal content of the fluids thus reflects the trace-element composition of the subjacent source rocks which, in mid-ocean ridges, are basaltic.
- Viral antigen extended, in a time-dependent fashion, from nasal epithelium into the subjacent lamina propria and along olfactory nerves in cells interpreted to be perineural fibroblasts.
- At 187 m, a thin bed of iron-stained quartz sandstone drapes across an irregular surface cut into oolitic dolomitic grainstones that represent the latest phase of the subjacent shallowing record.
- The cause of crater formation can be envisaged as the subsidence of a structurally bound Triassic layer into a subjacent Zechstein succession, which was extending and thinning.
- Recent studies proposed that the Cretan detachment is a shallowly north-dipping normal fault, which formed subparallel to the subjacent subduction thrust in the Early Miocene.
Origin
Late 16th century: from Latin subjacent- ‘lying underneath’, from sub- ‘under’ + jacere ‘to lie’.