Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A scale-like dermal bone attached to the outer surface of the post-temporal; the supratemporal. It probably always carries a neural tunnel.
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- adjective typography
above thelines of normaltext - adjective mathematics
greater thanlinear
Etymologies
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Examples
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The report also finally admitted that very low levels are more harmful per unit of radiation than higher levels of exposure, also known as the "supralinear" effect.
Archive 2006-02-01 Michael Caddell 2006
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The report also finally admitted that very low levels are more harmful per unit of radiation than higher levels of exposure, also known as the "supralinear" effect.
Depleted Uranium detected in Europe Michael Caddell 2006
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Her document of wifehood, drawn up between the master Meshullam son of Zaccur and the groom in the same year as that of Mibtahiah with Eshor (449), displays erasures, supralinear and final additions that indicate a much-negotiated arrangement whose aim was to enhance the status of the bride vis-à-vis her master.
Elephantine. 2009
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A recent detailed analysis of the Japanese experience suggested that the risk for those exposed to the lower doses could even be supralinear.
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Disjunctive accents of this supralinear punctuation have signs like the first letter of their name; zaqeph; tarha.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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