subnatural

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Etymology[edit]

sub- +‎ natural

Adjective[edit]

subnatural (comparative more subnatural, superlative most subnatural)

  1. (physics) Describing spectroscopic lines that are narrower than those produced naturally
  2. Below or beneath nature.
    • 2013, Daniel Buxhoeveden, Gayle Woloschak, Science and the Eastern Orthodox Church, page 51:
      As the well-known “problem of natural evil” indicates, this transparency is only relative. In a fallen, subnatural world, there is a certain opaqueness to God's purposes […]
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