superior
1
7.7
- adjective
- /səˈpɪr.i.ər/
- Specialized
Examples
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It's called superior conjunction.
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The superior twin.
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Carbon nanotubes, shown here in tufts several millimeters tall, have the strength and suppleness to make superior springs.
Academic text (2010) -
In math class, we learned that the exponent is written as a superior character next to the base number.
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The superior symbol used in the equation indicated that it was an exponent.
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To denote a footnote in the text, the writer placed a superior digit next to the corresponding word.
Synonyms
1
6.5
Above and to the right of another character, as in a power in math
Compounds
7
2.7
The largest freshwater lake in the world on the border of the United States and Canada
- Specialized
1
7.0
A large blood vessel from the aorta that sends blood to the small intestine and part of the colon
- Specialized
1
4.5
A large vein that carries blood with little oxygen from the upper body to the right side of the heart
- Specialized
1
8.9
An upper fold of tissue in the throat that does not make sound
- Specialized
1
9.9
When a planet is on the far side of the Sun from Earth so we cannot see it
- Specialized
1
9.9
A part of the brain that helps process what you see and control quick eye movements
- Specialized
1
7.9
A planet that orbits the Sun outside Earth's orbit, like Mars or Jupiter
- Specialized
1
9.6
A thin muscle in the upper back that lifts the top ribs
- Specialized
An artery that gives blood to the upper teeth and nearby gums
- Specialized
A vein that drains blood from the upper front of the belly and runs beside its artery
- Specialized
A vein in the top of a lung that carries oxygen-rich blood to the left upper part of the heart
- Specialized
A long vein in the deep part of the brain that drains blood
- Specialized
A vein that carries blood from the inner corner of the eye into a deep vein behind the eye
- Specialized
A neck vein that carries blood from the top of the thyroid gland into a large neck vein
- Specialized
A blood vessel that carries blood to the upper part of the cerebellum and nearby midbrain
- Specialized
A brain vein that drains blood from the top half of the brain
- Specialized
A vein that carries blood from the upper part of each lung to the left upper chamber of the heart
How High
- Specialized
1
7.7
- Archaic
1
8.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
superior = super (transparent) = super + ior
The typographic sense ('placed above') is a literal extension of 'super' meaning 'above' and thus is inferable from the base.
Etymology
Superior comes from the Latin super 'above', and in printing it describes a letter placed above and to one side of another character. So a superior letter is simply one that sits 'above' the normal line.