underset

1 of 3

transitive verb

1

: underpin

2

: to place underneath something else

underset

2 of 3

noun

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 3

adjective

"

: 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

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