super · intensifier
Ask PrometheusSuper (adjective) means: more great than what is usual. It emerges from great, high, further, usual: great and high together increase the degree more than usual. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 8, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).
Examples
- The 2011 Tohoku earthquake registered 9.0 on the Richter scale, stronger than any previous quake recorded in Japan's modern history. geology
- The Large Hadron Collider accelerates protons to 99.9999991% of the speed of light, exceeding any other human-made velocity. physics
- Mount Everest rises 8,848 meters above sea level, surpassing all other peaks on Earth's surface. geography
Emergence
through: great and high together increase the degree more than usual
- extreme degree
- excess beyond normal
- amplified quality
Chain to foundations
Neighborhood
Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.
Relations
| is-a | great.size | is-a |
| contrasts-with | usual.common | contrasts-with |