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SUPERNORMAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does supernormal mean?
• SUPERNORMAL (adjective)
The adjective SUPERNORMAL has 2 senses:
1. beyond the range of the normal or scientifically explainable
2. exceeding the normal or average
Familiarity information: SUPERNORMAL used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Beyond the range of the normal or scientifically explainable
Synonyms:
supernormal; supranormal
Context example:
supernormal intimations
Similar:
paranormal (not in accordance with scientific laws)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Exceeding the normal or average
Context example:
a phase of supernormal excitability
Similar:
abnormal; unnatural (not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm)
Domain category:
statistics (a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters)
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