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Superjacent

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Resting or lying immediately above or on something else.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Positioned immediately above or on top of something else; overlying

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Situated immediately above.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Lying above or upon; superincumbent: the opposite of subjacent.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. 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 ..."."

Equivalent

superimposed superincumbent incumbent overlying

Antonym

subjacent