Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

superlinear

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
su-per-lin-ear
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Above a line.

adj

Describing a function (or rate of growth, etc) that eventually grows faster than any linear one.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From super- + linear.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more superlinear (comparative) most superlinear (superlative)

Derived Forms

superlinearly

Questions

What does superlinear mean?
Above a line.
Where does superlinear come from?
From super- + linear.

How to pronounce superlinear

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