underset
1 of 3transitive verb
1
: underpin
2
: to place underneath something else
underset
2 of 3noun
1
: undercurrent
2
a
: an underlying vein of ore
b
: the angle made by the center line of a stull with a line normal to the hanging wall at their point of incidence
underset
3 of 3adjective
"
: insufficiently filled (as with printed matter) so as to be partly blank
underset page
underset column
Word History
Etymology
Transitive verb
Middle English undersetten, from under entry 1 + setten to set
Adjective
from past participle of underset entry 1