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subalternate
Definition of subalternate
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
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Origin and Etymology of subalternate
Medieval Latin subalternatus, past participle of subalternare to subordinate, from Late Latin subalternus subordinate
subalternate
Definition of subalternate
: a particular logical proposition that follows by immediate inference from a universal one of like quality and identical terms
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