subalternate

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adjective

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

subalternate

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noun

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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

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