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su·per·ja·cent (s

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adj.

Resting or lying immediately above or on something else.

[Latin superiacns, superiacent-, present participle of superiacre, to lie over : super-, super- + iacre, to lie down; see y- in Indo-European roots.]

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superjacent - lying immediately above or on something else

subjacent - lying nearby but lower; "hills and subjacent valleys"

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