different between extraneous vs supernumerary
extraneous
English
Etymology
From Latin extr?neus (“from without, strange”). Doublet of strange. Cognate with estrange (verb), Spanish extraño.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k?st?e?.ni.?s/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ek?st?æ?.ni.?s/
- (US) IPA(key): /?k?st?e?.ni.?s/, /?k?st?e?.ni.?s/
- Rhymes: -e?ni?s
Adjective
extraneous (not comparable)
- Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; foreign
- to separate gold from extraneous matter
- Extraneous substances were found on my cup of water.
- Not essential or intrinsic
Synonyms
- (not belonging to): additional, alien, foreign, intrusive; See also Thesaurus:foreign
- (not essential): superfluous, extra; See also Thesaurus:extrinsic
Antonyms
- intraneous
Derived terms
- extraneously
- extraneousness
Translations
extraneous From the web:
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- what extraneous variable
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- what extraneous matter meaning
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- what extraneous matter
supernumerary
English
Etymology
From Late Latin supernumerarius (“extra soldier added to a legion; supernumerary”), from super (“above; beyond”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h?e??s (“out of”) + *uperi (“above”), from *upo (“below, under”)) + numerum (accusative singular of numerus (“number; collection, quantity”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nem- (“to distribute; to give, take”)) + -?rius (“suffix forming adjectives from nouns or numerals”). The word is analysable as super- +? numeral +? -ary.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?su?p??nju?m(?)?(?)?i/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?sup??n(j)um?????i/
- Hyphenation: su?per?nu?mer?a?ry, su?per?nu?mer?ary
Noun
supernumerary (plural supernumeraries)
- A person who works in a group, association, or public office without forming part of the regular staff (the numerary). [from early 17th c.]
- (film, theater) An extra or walk-on, often non-speaking, in a film or play; a spear carrier.
- Synonyms: supe, super
- Something which is beyond the prescribed or standard amount or number.
- (zoology) An animal which has not formed a pair bond and is therefore single.
- (Roman Catholicism) A married man or woman who is a secular member of Opus Dei, a Roman Catholic religious institution.
Derived terms
- supe, super (“extra, walk-on”)
- supernumerarily
- supernumerariness
- supernumeraryship
Related terms
- supernumerous
- supranumerary
Translations
Adjective
supernumerary (not comparable)
- Greater in number than.
- Beyond the prescribed or standard amount or number; excess, extra.
- Synonym: epactal
- (biology, specifically) Of an organ or structure: additional to what is normally present.
- Synonym: supranumerary
- Beyond what is necessary; redundant.
- Synonyms: superfluous, unnecessary, unneeded, unwanted
Translations
Notes
References
Further reading
- supernumerary (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- supernumerary in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- supernumerary in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- supernumerary at OneLook Dictionary Search
See also
- supernumary, supernumery (misconstructions)
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