Superjacent

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Superjacent \Su`per*ja"cent\, a. [L. superjacens, p. pr. of
     superjacere; super above + jacere to lie.]
     Situated immediately above; as, superjacent rocks.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  superjacent
       adj : lying immediately above or on something else [ant: {subjacent}]