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supernumerary

adjective as in excessive

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A mature horse chestnut, it is festooned with glorious blooms every spring, and after a few weeks sheds hundreds of partially grown, supernumerary conkers, encased in spiky green coverings.

One-hour training is enough for people to carry a task alone with their supernumerary robotic arms as effectively as with a partner, study finds.

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.

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He remembers the houses with high ceilings, Dresden china chandeliers and suits of armor in the corners; the men in creaking shirts; the Sunday roasts; the Harvard-Yale football games; the bustling of supernumeraries.

These experiments showed that humans can feel like these extra, or “supernumerary,” limbs are a part of their body.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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