subalternate
1 of 2adjective
sub·alternate
(¦)səb+
1
: inferior in quality or status : subordinate
a subalternate art
a study subalternate to his earlier work
2
[sub- + alternate] : nearly alternate but with a tendency to become opposite
the secondary lateral veins of a pinnate leaf are often subalternate
subalternately adverb
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subalternate
2 of 2noun
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: a particular logical proposition that follows by immediate inference from a universal one of like quality and identical terms
Word History
Etymology
Adjective
Medieval Latin subalternatus, past participle of subalternare to subordinate, from Late Latin subalternus subordinate