Superjacent

ahd-5
  • adjective. Resting or lying immediately above or on something else.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Lying above or upon; superincumbent: the opposite of subjacent.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Situated immediately above.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Positioned immediately above or on top of something else; overlying
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. lying immediately above or on something else
    • Word Usage
    "The EEZ gives coastal states "sovereign rights for the purpose of exploring and exploiting, conserving and managing the natural resources, whether living or non-living, of the waters superjacent to" (above) "the seabed and of the seabed and its subsoil ..."."
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