单词 | superdominant |
释义 | superdominant in British English (ˌsuːpəˈdɒmɪnənt) noun US and Canadian another word for submediant superdominant in American English (ˌsupərˈdɑmənənt) noun submediant superdominant in American English (ˌsuːpərˈdɑmənənt) noun Music the sixth tone of a diatonic scale, being midway between the subdominant and the upper tonic; submediant Word origin [1825–35; super- + dominant]This word is first recorded in the period 1825–35. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: archaic, cliché, electrolyte, individualism, structuralsuper- is a prefix occurring originally in loanwords from Latin, with the basic meaning“above, beyond.” Words formed with super- have the following general senses: “to place or be placed above or over” (superimpose; supersede), “a thing placed over or added to another” (superscript; superstructure; supertax), “situated over” (superficial; superlunary) and, more figuratively, “an individual, thing, or property that exceeds customarynorms or levels” (superalloy; superconductivity; superman; superstar), “an individual or thing larger, more powerful, or with wider application than othersof its kind” (supercomputer; superhighway; superpower; supertanker), “exceeding the norms or limits of a given class” (superhuman; superplastic), “having the specified property to a great or excessive degree” (supercritical; superfine; supersensitive), “to subject to (a physical process) to an extreme degree or in an unusual way”(supercharge; supercool; supersaturate), “a category that embraces a number of lesser items of the specified kind” (superfamily; supergalaxy), “a chemical compound with a higher proportion than usual of a given constituent”(superphosphate)Examples of 'superdominant' in a sentence |
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