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What is the noun for underlying?

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underlay
  1. A layer (of earth, etc.) that lies under another; substratum.
  2. A soft floor covering that lies under a carpet.
  3. Anything that is underlaid.
  4. (printing, historical) A piece of paper pasted under woodcuts, stereotype plates, etc. in a form, to bring them up to the necessary level for printing.
  5. (music) Lyrics; or more specifically, the way in which lyrics are assigned to musical notes.
  6. Synonyms:
underlying
  1. (finance) The entity from whose performance a derivative derives its value.
underlayment
  1. Something that is underlaid, such as planking in a room of a house; underlay.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “If, however, the floor is off level, you will need to fill in the low areas before the underlayment is applied, to create a level floor.”
      “If the floor is concrete lay out the foam underlayment with moisture barrier with the membrane flap extended out onto the sub floor.”
      “Hopefully they did not do anything silly like glue the underlayment to the hardwood flooring.”
underlier
  1. That which underlies.
underlayments
underlyings
  1. plural of underlying
underliers
  1. plural of underlier
underlays
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