superphysical

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

super- +‎ physical

Adjective[edit]

superphysical (comparative more superphysical, superlative most superphysical)

  1. Above or beyond physics; not explainable by physical laws.
    • 1895, Joseph LeConte, Sight: An Exposition of the Principles of Monocular and Binocular Vision:
      We trace physics and chemistry to a certain point, but as we pursue the investigation we find something superphysical and superchemical, or else a physics and a chemistry far higher than any we yet know.

References[edit]

superphysical”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.