prejacent

词形变化

prejacents 复数 prejacents

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A proposition laid out previously; a proposition from which another proposition is inferred.

    语言学 数学 哲学
adj.
  1. 1.

    Existing previously, preexistent.

  2. 2.

    Before; situated in front.

    古体
  3. 3.

    Laid out earlier, prior.

    数学 哲学

词源

Multiple origins. Borrowed from Middle French prejacent (“previously existing”) during the sixteenth century. Also attested in twelfth century British sources, from post-classical Latin praeiacens (“situated before”).

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