hypersthenic

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English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

hypersthene +‎ -ic

Adjective[edit]

hypersthenic (comparative more hypersthenic, superlative most hypersthenic)

  1. (mineralogy) Composed of, or containing, hypersthene.

Etymology 2[edit]

hypersthenia +‎ -ic

Adjective[edit]

hypersthenic (comparative more hypersthenic, superlative most hypersthenic)

  1. Having or relating to hypersthenia.

Noun[edit]

hypersthenic (plural hypersthenics)

  1. A person who has hypersthenia.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for hypersthenic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)