Associations to the word «Superincumbent»

Wiktionary

SUPERINCUMBENT, adjective. (chiefly science) Lying or resting on something else; overlying.

Dictionary definition

SUPERINCUMBENT, adjective. Lying or resting on and exerting pressure on something else; "superincumbent layers of dead plants cut off the air and arrested decomposition".

Wise words

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