different between below vs subjacent

English

Etymology

From Middle English bilooghe, equivalent to be- +? low. Compare also earlier Middle English alogh, alow, alo?, alowe (“below”) and benethen (“beneath”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /b??l??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /b??lo?/
• Hyphenation: be?low
• Rhymes: -??

Preposition

below

1. Lower in spatial position than.

2. (law) Within the writing of a given document which follows a particular appearance of the word "below".

   "By their execution hereof, the Parties incur a legal obligation to pass consideration under this Loan Contract as is set forth below."

3. Lower in value, price, rank or concentration than.

   • one degree below kings

4. Downstream of.
5. South of.
6. Unsuitable to the rank or dignity of; beneath.
   • 1827, Henry Hallam, The Constitutional History of England

     who thinks no fact below his regard

7. (stage directions) Downstage of.
   • 1952, Frederick Knott, Dial "M" for Murder, 1954 Dramatists Play Service acting edition, act 1, scene 1:

     Below the sofa is a low, round coffee table.

Synonyms

• (lower in spatial position than): beneath, under, underneath
• (lower in value than): under
• (downstream of): downstream
• (unsuitable to the rank or dignity of): beneath

Antonyms

• (lower in spatial position than): above, over
• (lower in value than): over
• (downstream of): upstream

Derived terms

• below the belt

Translations

Adverb

below (not comparable)

1. In a lower place.
2. On a lower storey.
3. Further down.
4. (nautical) On a lower deck.

5. (of a temperature) Below zero.

Synonyms

• (in a lower place): beneath, under, underneath
• (on a lower storey): downstairs
• (farther down): downwards

Antonyms

• (in a lower place): aloft, overhead, up
• (on a lower storey): upstairs
• (farther down): upwards

Translations

Derived terms

Pages starting with “below”.

• below average
• below decks/belowdecks
• belowground
• below par
• below the belt
• below the fold

References

• Andrea Tyler and Vyvyan Evans, "The vertical axis", in The Semantics of English Prepositions: Spatial Scenes, Embodied Meaning and Cognition, Cambridge University Press, 2003, 0-521-81430 8

Anagrams

• Blowe, Lebow, blowe, bowel, bowle, elbow

English

Etymology

From Latin subiace? (“lie beneath”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /s?b?d?e?s?nt/

Adjective

subjacent (comparative more subjacent, superlative most subjacent)

1. Lying beneath or at a lower level; underlying.
   • 1887, R. A. Murray, Victoria. Geology and Physical Geography (page 126)

     In some places, however, quartz reefs, payably auriferous while in Silurian rock, have been followed down to subjacent granite, and have there been found to thin out and become unprofitable […]

   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 194-5:

     Since the times of the Spanish conquest of the Americas, however, there had always been a subjacent stream of travel literature which had queried the civilizing function of Western penetration of such societies.

Derived terms

• subjacency
• subjacently

Translations

See also

• superjacent

Latin

Verb

subjacent

1. third-person plural present active indicative of subjace?