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superjacent

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su⋅per⋅ja⋅cent

  [soo-per-jey-suhnt]
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–adjective
lying above or upon something else.
Origin:
1600–10; < L superjacent- (s. of superjacēns), prp. of superjacēre to rest upon. See super-, subjacent
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su·per·ja·cent   (sōō'pər-jā'sənt)   
adj.  Resting or lying immediately above or on something else.

[Latin superiacēns, superiacent-, present participle of superiacēre, to lie over : super-, super- + iacēre, to lie down; see yē- in Indo-European roots.]
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