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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

superpartiens

;

super

over +

partiens

, p. pr. of

partire

to divide.]

(Math.)

Of or pertaining to a ratio when the excess of the greater term over the less is more than a unit, as that of 3 to 5, or 7 to 10.

[Obs.]

Hutton.

Adj.

[L. super and partio.] Noting a ratio when the excess of the greater term is more than a unit; as that of 3 to 5, or of 7 to 10.