subjacency

English

Etymology

From subjacent +‎ -cy.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /səbˈd͡ʒeɪsənsi/
  • Hyphenation: sub‧ja‧cen‧cy
  • Rhymes: -eɪsənsi

Noun

subjacency (countable and uncountable, plural subjacencies)

  1. The state of being subjacent.
  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.
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