Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SU-PER-PAR-TIENT
SU-PER-PAR-TIC'U-LARSUPER-PLANT
SU-PER-PAR-TIENT, a. [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. – Encyc.
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