"subjacency" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /səbˈd͡ʒeɪsənsi/ Forms: subjacencies [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪsənsi Etymology: From subjacent + -cy. Etymology templates: {{af|en|subjacent|-cy}} subjacent + -cy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} subjacency (countable and uncountable, plural subjacencies)
  1. The state of being subjacent. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-subjacency-en-noun-rhD5j5XQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 38 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 81 19
  2. (linguistics) A constraint on the movement of elements which states that the target position of movement must be structurally close downwards to the source position. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-subjacency-en-noun-9sFN-xxA Categories (other): Linguistics, English terms suffixed with -cy Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -cy: 28 72 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Inflected forms

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