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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Hyper- \Hy"per-\ [Gr. "ype`r over, above; akin to L. super, E. over. See {Over}, and cf. {Super-}.] 1. A prefix signifying over, above; as, hyperphysical, hyperthyrion; also, above measure, abnormally great, excessive; as, hyper[91]mia, hyperbola, hypercritical, hypersecretion. 2. (Chem.) A prefix equivalent to super- or per-; as hyperoxide, or peroxide. [Obs.] See {Per-}. | |
