Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

superextensive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: su-perex-ten-sive
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

very extensive; vast

adj

Having a combined system entropy that exceeds the sum of the entropies of the independent systems.

Example Sentences

"According to Tsallis (1988), the entropy was extensive for T = 1, superextensive for t 1."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- Late Latin extensīvusder. Middle English extensive English extensive English superextensive From super- + extensive.

Questions

What does superextensive mean?: very extensive; vast
Where does superextensive come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- Late Latin extensīvusder. Middle English extensive English extensive English superextensive From super- + extensive.

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