supernumerary

[US]/ˌsuːpə'njuːm(ə)r(ə)rɪ/
[UK]/'sʊpɚ'nʊmə'rɛri/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. person employed beyond the normal or necessary number, especially on a temporary basis
Word Forms

Example Sentences

a pair of supernumerary teats.

books were obviously supernumerary, and he began jettisoning them.

Methods X-ray dental film and panoramic pantomogram were used to determine the location of embedded supernumerary teeth on bases of the geometrical principle of X-xay photography.

Real-world Examples

One felt one's self a supernumerary hired to fill the scene.

Source: The Education of Henry Adams (Part Two)

76 police, and a supernumerary contingent of specially selected men from the Army Reserve and the Corps of Commissionaires.

Source: Essays on the Four Seasons

And while most directors didn't bother to rehearse supernumeraries, which is sort of like a fancy word for extras, the duke considered them crucially important.

Source: Crash Course in Drama

(2)Check to see that the disembarkation of the visitors and the embarkation or disembarkations of supernumeraries in accordance with the safety management records.

Source: Practical English for Ship Pilots

The others are called " supernumerary rings" and are the source of supernumerary rainbows - the smaller the raindrops, the stronger the supernumerary bows.

Source: "Minute Earth" Fun Science Popularization

And if the drops are the right size, the first red supernumerary ring can overlap significantly with the main dark blue ring, and what do red and blue give?

Source: "Minute Earth" Fun Science Popularization

As a supernumerary official, of some kind or other, aboard a packet-ship, he had visited Europe, and found means, before his return, to see Italy, and part of France and Germany.

Source: Seven-angled Tower (Part 2)

Cartlett's interest in Jude whatever it might have been when Arabella was new to him, had plainly flagged since her charms and her idiosyncrasies, her supernumerary hair-coils, and her optional dimples, were becoming as a tale that is told.

Source: Jude the Obscure (Part Two)

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