Definition of "aboveground" []

• Situated or taking place on or above the surface of the ground: aboveground nuclear testing. (adjective)
• Operating or existing within the establishment; conventional: journalistic practices unacceptable to the aboveground press. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "You can get from the subway to the Manulife center without going aboveground, which is great when it rains."
• "Evapotranspiration and albedo may be affected by ecosystem properties such as aboveground biomass or leaf area index"
• "What lay behind the WU trajectory, however, was not merely frustration with the shortcomings of the "aboveground" movement, or long-term strategic thinking."