Definition of superjacent in English:
superjacent
adjective ˌsuːpəˈdʒeɪs(ə)ntˌsupərˈdʒeɪs(ə)nt
technical Lying over or above something else; overlying.
Example sentencesExamples
- It was probably deposited in deeper water environments than the underlying Fairview Formation and the superjacent Bellevue strata but probably in shallower water environments than most of the Kope Formation.
- Higher in the Sheinwoodian Slite Group and in the superjacent Homerian Mulde Formation, morphotype C appears which has a distinctly enlarged first denticle succeeding the fang.
- The taxonomic diversity is higher than in the underlying Kope Formation and the superjacent upper Arnheim-lower Waynesville interval.
- The top of the P. undatus zone is defined by the first occurrence of Plectodina tenuis, the name bearer of the superjacent zone.
Origin
Late 16th century: from Latin superjacent-, from super- 'over' + jacere 'to lie'.
Definition of superjacent in US English:
superjacent
adjectiveˌso͞opərˈjās(ə)ntˌsupərˈdʒeɪs(ə)nt
technical Lying over or above something else; overlying.
Example sentencesExamples
- The top of the P. undatus zone is defined by the first occurrence of Plectodina tenuis, the name bearer of the superjacent zone.
- It was probably deposited in deeper water environments than the underlying Fairview Formation and the superjacent Bellevue strata but probably in shallower water environments than most of the Kope Formation.
- The taxonomic diversity is higher than in the underlying Kope Formation and the superjacent upper Arnheim-lower Waynesville interval.
- Higher in the Sheinwoodian Slite Group and in the superjacent Homerian Mulde Formation, morphotype C appears which has a distinctly enlarged first denticle succeeding the fang.
Origin
Late 16th century: from Latin superjacent-, from super- ‘over’ + jacere ‘to lie’.