different between supersaturation vs superfluity
supersaturation
English
Etymology
super- +? saturation
Noun
supersaturation (countable and uncountable, plural supersaturations)
- (physics) The condition of a solution being more highly concentrated than is normally possible.
- (physics) the condition of a vapour having a higher saturation vapour pressure than is normally possible.
- (physiology) The condition of a solution of gases in a tissue having a higher concentration in terms of sum of partial pressures than the ambient pressure.
Related terms
- supersaturated
Derived terms
- desupersaturation
Translations
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superfluity
English
Etymology
superflu(ous) +? -ity, Old French superfluite, from Medieval Latin superfluitas, from Latin superfluus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?su?.p??flu?.?.ti/
Noun
superfluity (countable and uncountable, plural superfluities)
- The quality or state of being superfluous; overflowingness.
- Antonym: necessity
- Something superfluous, as a luxury.
- Antonym: necessity
- (rare) Collective noun for a group of nuns.
- 1905, Herbert A. Evans, Highways and Byways in Oxford and the Cotswolds, Macmillan and Co, (1905), page 266:
- These probably mark the dwelling of a colony, or to speak more precisely, according to Dame Juliana Berners, a superfluity of nuns from Godstow, which nunnery had a cell there, and was patron of the living.
- 2011, Sam Cullen, The Odd Bunnies, unnumbered page:
- Alice put Anna back on the shelf and turned up the volume on the TV, where a local news reporter was imparting a salutary tale of woe involving a superfluity of nuns who'd got into a scrape at a crab festival.
- 2012, Beth Yarnall, Rush, Crimson Romance (2012), ?ISBN, unnumbered page:
- […] That man could charm the panties off a superfluity of nuns.”
- 1905, Herbert A. Evans, Highways and Byways in Oxford and the Cotswolds, Macmillan and Co, (1905), page 266:
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- superfluity at OneLook Dictionary Search
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