superjacent, a.
(s(j)uːpəˈdʒeɪsənt)
[ad. late L. superjacent-, -ens, pr. pple. of superjacēre: see super- 2 and jacent. Cf. F. surjacent.]
Lying above or upon something else; overlying, superincumbent. (Now chiefly in technical use.)
| 1610 J. Guillim Heraldry iii. xxiii. (1611) 171 Such was the coat before the addition of the superiacent canton. 1664 Power Exp. Philos. ii. 108 As 32. foot of Superjacent water would raise up a Mercurial Cylinder of 29. inches. 1831 R. Knox Cloquet's Anat. 314 The muscles of the arm are dissected by removing the superjacent skin [etc.]. 1867 Murchison Siluria i. (ed. 4) 13 The superjacent crystalline rocks..of Lower Silurian age. 1897 Allbutt's Syst. Med. II. 1077 The superjacent skin is freely moveable, but the tumour cannot be slipped over the subjacent tissues. |