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superjacent

UK/s(j)uːpəˈdʒeɪsənt/

superjacent adjective: positioned immediately above or on top of something else; overlying.

Adjective

superjacent (not comparable)

  1. Positioned immediately above or on top of something else; overlying.
    • Pemulis, Troeltsch, and Schacht's triple-room is subdorm B in the back north part of the second floor of West House and so superjacent to the Dining Hall […].1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 171

superjacent meaning in Tamil

superjacent in Tamil

அடுத்து மேற்கிடக்கிற

Antonyms of superjacent

Origin of superjacent

From (the stem of) Latin superjacēns, present participle of superjacēre, from super- + jacēre (“to lie”).

Questions about superjacent

What does superjacent mean?
Superjacent means positioned immediately above or on top of something else; overlying.
What is superjacent in Tamil?
Superjacent in Tamil is அடுத்து மேற்கிடக்கிற. See Superjacent meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is superjacent?
Superjacent is an adjective.
How do you pronounce superjacent?
Superjacent is pronounced /s(j)uːpəˈdʒeɪsənt/ (UK).

Words near superjacent in the dictionary

  1. superisation
  2. superisations
  3. superius
  4. superization
  5. superizations
  6. superjacent
  7. superjail
  8. superjails
  9. superjealous
  10. superject
  11. superjection

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Adapted from Wiktionary: superjacent (page history and authors); superjacent (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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