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Meaning of "superjacent" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SUPERJACENT

From Late Latin superjacēre, from Latin super- + jacēre to lie.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SUPERJACENT

superjacent  [ˌsuːpəˈdʒeɪsənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SUPERJACENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Superjacent is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SUPERJACENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of superjacent in the English dictionary

The definition of superjacent in the dictionary is lying immediately above or upon.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SUPERJACENT


adjacent
əˈdʒeɪsənt
adnascent
ædˈneɪsənt
beneficent
bɪˈnɛfɪsənt
circumjacent
ˌsɜːkəmˈdʒeɪsənt
coadjacent
ˌkəʊəˈdʒeɪsənt
complacent
kəmˈpleɪsənt
interjacent
ˌɪntəˈdʒeɪsənt
jacent
ˈdʒeɪsənt
magnificent
mæɡˈnɪfɪsənt
maleficent
məˈlɛfɪsənt
munificent
mjuːˈnɪfɪsənt
naissant
ˈneɪsənt
nonadjacent
ˌnɒnəˈdʒeɪsənt
obeisant
əʊˈbeɪsənt
puissant
ˈpjuːɪsənt
reminiscent
ˌrɛmɪˈnɪsənt
reticent
ˈrɛtɪsənt
Stuyvesant
ˈstaɪvɪsənt
subjacent
sʌbˈdʒeɪsənt
uncomplacent
ˌʌnkəmˈpleɪsənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SUPERJACENT

superintensity
superior
superior conjunction
superior court
superior planet
superioress
superiority
superiority complex
superiorly
superiorship
superjet
superjock
superjumbo
superkingdom
superlarge
superlative
superlatively
superlativeness
superlawyer
superlight

WORDS THAT END LIKE SUPERJACENT

accent
adolescent
ascent
cent
crescent
decent
descent
fluorescent
incandescent
indecent
innocent
line of descent
lucent
per cent
recent
Red Crescent
Saint Vincent
scent
translucent
Vincent

Synonyms and antonyms of superjacent in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «superjacent» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SUPERJACENT

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The translations of superjacent from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «superjacent» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

suprayacente
570 millions of speakers

English

superjacent
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

superjacent
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

معتل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

, лежащие
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sobrejacentes
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

superjacent
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

jacentes
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Superjacent
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

darüberliegenden
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

上方にある
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

superjacent
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Superjacent
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

superjacent
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

superjacent
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अप्रतिम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

superjacent
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

soprastanti
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pokrywających
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

, що лежать
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

supraiacente
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υπερκείμενων
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

boliggende
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

överliggande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

overliggende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of superjacent

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SUPERJACENT»

The term «superjacent» is normally little used and occupies the 150.247 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SUPERJACENT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «superjacent» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «superjacent» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about superjacent

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SUPERJACENT»

Discover the use of superjacent in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to superjacent and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The International Law of the Sea
It follows that where the coastal State has not claimed an EEZ, the superjacent waters above the continental shelf are the high seas. Where the coastal State has established an EEZ, the superjacent waters above the continental shelf beyond ...
Yoshifumi Tanaka, 2012
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Geological Survey Professional Paper
... the adjacent basins. The Gilbert Peak erosion surface is regarded as Oligocene. Biotite and hornblende separates from tuffs high in the superjacent Bishop Conglomerate have recently been dated by the K-Ar method at 29 m.y. ( Oligocene).
Geological Survey (U.S.), 1986
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Africa and the International Law of the Sea: A Study of the ...
83 3.3.3 The legal status of the superjacent waters The traditional legal status of the superjacent waters of the continental shelf will now fall under the regime of the exclusive economic zone. However, a few observations will be made here ...
Nasila S. Rembe, 1980
4
North American Geologic Formation Names: Bibliography, ...
1900. Alaska. Included in Upper Paleozoic. Superjacent series, Lindgren. U. S. Geol. Surv., Geol. Atlas of U. S., Folio No. 31. 1890. Cretaceous and Tertiary. California. Superjacent series, Turner. U. S. Geol. Surv., Geol. Atlas of U. S., Folio No.
Fred Boughton Weeks, 1902
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The Law of the Sea
Legal status of the bed, subsoil and superjacent air space of the territorial sea We have seen that during the first three decades of this century the sovereignty of States over their territorial seas, subject to the existence of the right of innocent ...
Robin Rolf Churchill, Alan Vaughan Lowe, 1988
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The Exclusive Economic Zone: A Study of the Evolution and ...
with the uses of the superjacent waters. In this regard, it has been observed that ". . . there has not been any appreciable activitiy in relation to the exploration of the natural resources of the sea-bed and subsoil of these vast and in the main, ...
Winston Conrad Extavour, 1979
7
Kiss My Relics: Hermaphroditic Fictions of the Middle Ages
In this way she was to avoid the prospect of the superjacent descending to take the place ofthe subjacent and the subjacent migrating to the region of the superjacent. Because each is demanded by the other, the superjacent, which takes on ...
David Rollo, 2011
8
Fifty Years of the Law of the Sea: With a Special Section on ...
International Law Commission stated in its comments to the 1956 draft that "[a] claim to sovereign rights in the continental shelf can only extend to the seabed and subsoil and not to the superjacent waters," and that "[t]he articles on the ...
Shigeru Oda, 2003
9
Legal Regime of the Sea-Bed and the Developing Countries
They purposely avoided the term 'sovereignty' or 'sovereign control' to ensure that the status of the superjacent waters and the air above was not affected. Even the International Law Commission, in its 1951 draft, used the words 'jurisdiction' ...
Ram P. Anand, Ram Prakash Anand, 1976
10
Problems of Women Workers in Unorganised Sectors: Brick ...
Provided that : (/) working does not extend below the superjacent ground; or (/'/') where it is an open cast working : (a) the depth of the excavation measured from its heigh- est to its lowest point nowhere exceeds six metres ; (b) the number of ...
Anirudha Behari Saran, Abanindra Narayan Sandhwar, 1990

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SUPERJACENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term superjacent is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The Promises of Ghana-Ivorian Maritime Rifts
... there is no noticeable slope, between the shoreline and the point where the depth of the *superjacent water is approximately between 100 and 200 metres. «GhanaWeb, May 15»
2
Reality Check on the Ghana-Cote d'Ivoire Maritime Dispute
And generally take all necessary steps to preserve the continental shelf, its superjacent waters and its subsoil and; 5. Desist and refrain from any unilateral ... «GhanaWeb, Apr 15»
3
Caspian Common Military Force
The mixture of the Russian formula for division of the Caspian Seabed and leaving the its superjacent waters for the "common navigation" with the new proposal ... «Iranian, Apr 15»
4
Eide's remarks on EEZ not correct, expert on Law of the Sea …
... purpose of exploring and exploiting, conserving and managing the natural resources, whether living or non-living, of the waters superjacent to the seabed and ... «Cyprus Mail, Apr 15»
5
Oral arguments begin in Ghana/Ivory Coast boundary dispute
... any new permit for oil exploration and exploitation in the disputed area” and to preserve the “continental shelf, the waters superjacent to it, and its subsoil”. «GhanaWeb, Mar 15»
6
Caspian Sea: is Iran changing its position on the Caspian legal …
... Seabed according to the median or equidistance line (extension of their land borders) and leaves the superjacent waters for navigation of all littoral countries. «Payvand, Mar 15»
7
ITLOS: Open new case in a maritime boundary delimitation dispute …
º and, generally, take all necessary steps to preserve the continental shelf, the waters superjacent to it, and its subsoil; and. º suspend, and refrain from, any ... «Hague Justice Portal, Mar 15»
8
Turkmenistan Attack on Iranian Fishermen in the Caspian Sea …
According to MML, only the seabed of the Caspian Sea is divided on the basis of a kind of median line and the superjacent waters of the Caspian Sea are ... «Payvand, Feb 15»
9
Cyprus comment: Russia again by our side
... the natural resources, whether living or non-living, of the waters superjacent to the seabed and of the seabed and its subsoil (Article 65, subparagraph 1a). «Financial Mirror, Oct 14»
10
Integrated maritime policy for blue economy
... zone for the purpose of exploring and exploiting, conserving and managing the natural resources, whether living or non-living, of the waters superjacent to the ... «The Daily Star, Oct 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Superjacent [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/superjacent>. Apr 2024 ».
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