superior
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8.6
- noun
- /səˈpɪrɪər/
- Specialized
- In mathematics, the term superior refers to a character or symbol set above another in the notation used for exponents.
Examples
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Also, Eitan Hadar, David Sharon's immediate superior as Director of the Middle East Division, to whom he had taken the Baghdad letter that morning.
Fiction book (1994) -
Instead of appearing as criminals, failures, or losers, they are transmuted into moral superiors.
Academic text (1990) -
What if the Mother Superior turns you down?
Fiction book (1991) -
Why was the Mother Superior being so difficult?
Fiction book (1991) -
I watched a rather brilliant discussion between a superior and a subordinate this weekend.
Blog text (2) -
If you needed two hundred lire, about fifteen cents, you had to go to your superior.
Academic text (1994) -
The typographic style included a small superior that denoted the power of ten in the equation.
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To indicate squared values, the writer used a superior next to the numeral in the printed document.
Synonyms
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6.7
A small mark written above and to the right of another to show a power or footnote
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
Surface Forms
Morphology
superior = super (transparent) = super + ior
The noun sense for a character placed above is a direct nominalization of the 'above' meaning and is predictable from the base.
Etymology
Superior comes from the Latin super 'above', so as a noun it names a symbol printed above a line, for example a small number used for exponents or footnotes. This explains why a superior mark appears 'above' the main text.