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单词 superjacent
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Definition of superjacent in English:

superjacent

adjective ˌsuːpəˈdʒeɪs(ə)ntˌsupərˈdʒeɪs(ə)nt
technical
  • Lying over or above something else; overlying.

    〈技〉在上的,压在上面的,上覆的

    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.

    〈技〉在上的,压在上面的,上覆的

    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’.

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