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superpartient

superpartient adjective: being or relating to a ratio where the larger value exceeds the smaller by more than one unit, as in 3 to 5.

Adjective

superpartient (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Being or relating to a ratio where the larger value exceeds the smaller by more than one unit, as in 3 to 5.
    • [W]e proceed to a Superpartient Reaſon, which is when the Antecedent exceeds the Conſequent by ſome Aliquot Parts more than one, whence the Name: […] Thus 9 is ſaid to be in a Superpartient Reaſon to 7, because 9 exceeds 7 by two 7th Parts.1734, Isaac Barrow, “Lecture XIX. Of the Species and Differences of Geometrical Reason.”, in John Kirkby, transl., The Usefulness of Mathematical Learning Explained and Demonstrated: Being...

Origin of superpartient

Learned borrowing from Latin superpartiens, from super (“over”) + partiens, the past participle of partire (“to divide”).

Questions about superpartient

What does superpartient mean?
Superpartient means being or relating to a ratio where the larger value exceeds the smaller by more than one unit, as in 3 to 5.
What part of speech is superpartient?
Superpartient is an adjective.

Words near superpartient in the dictionary

  1. superparticles
  2. superparticular
  3. superparticular number
  4. superparticular numbers
  5. superparticularity
  6. superpartient
  7. superpartition
  8. superpartitions
  9. superpartner
  10. superpartners
  11. superparts

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