supernumerary
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Among the supernumerary features: 13 cupholders, seven USB-C ports, two 120V outlets, and three-zone climate control.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025
The study involved 24 participants who were asked to perform a variety of tasks with a supernumerary robotic arm.
From Science Daily • Sep. 27, 2023
Because that's what Japanese company Exii recently premiered with their Jizai Arms — a robotic arm bag, or "supernumerary robotic limb system" that enables humans to control six additional AI robotic limbs.
From Salon • May 28, 2023
Discharged in seven months as a supernumerary, he lied again and joined the Navy, where he stayed for five years, serving as a radar operator until he was honorably discharged in 1964.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 10, 2021
It was this extra attention to detail, a supernumerary zeal to approach perfection that led him to spend part of each weekday morning at Hobie’s Grill.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
Vocabulary lists containing supernumerary
Power Prefix: super-
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