subjacent
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On the other hand, the membrane may not differ from the subjacent liquid in chemical composition, but only in physical properties.
From The Mechanism of Life by Stéphane Leduc
He walks along the borders of a marsh, among the spots left dry by the surrounding waters, but particularly wherever the vegetation seems to present the subjacent soil undisturbed.
From Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom by Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold) Goodrich
The analyses were made from the upper 10 inches, and a quantity of the 10 inches immediately subjacent was analysed as subsoil.
From Elements of Agricultural Chemistry by Thomas Anderson
In width they equal the seven subjacent scales of the peduncle, and are more than half as long as the basal margin of the carina.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Charles Darwin
The central cavity, or valley, exposes to view the subjacent formation c, fig.
From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Sir Charles Lyell
