2. Subordinate; subaltern; inferior.

All their subalternate and several kinds.

Evelyn.

Sub`al*ter"nate, n. (Logic) A particular proposition, as opposed to a

universal one. See Subaltern, 2.

Sub*al"ter*na`ting (?), a. Subalternate; successive.

Sub*al"ter*na`tion (?), n. The state of being subalternate; succession

of turns; subordination.

Sub*an"gu*lar (?), a. Slightly angular.

Sub*ap"en*nine (?), a. Under, or at the foot of, the Apennine

mountains; -- applied, in geology, to a series of Tertiary strata of

the older Pliocene period.

Sub*ap"ic*al (?), a. Being under the apex; of or pertaining to the part

just below the apex.

Sub`a*qua"ne*ous (?), a. [L. subaquaneus; sub + aqua water.]

Subaqueous. [Obs.]

{ Sub`a*quat"ic (?), Sub*a"que*ous (?), } a. 1. Being under water, or

beneath the surface of water; adapted for use under water; submarine;

as, a subaqueous helmet.

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