Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
Cf. F. supériorité, LL. superioritas,
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
L., comp. of superus, high—super, above.
In literature:
Seeing their immense superiority in numbers, these advanced to the attack.
"With Clive in India" by G. A. Henty
At school his comrades gathered around him, recognizing his superiority and praising his drawings.
"Woman Triumphant" by Vicente Blasco Ibañez
He was undoubtedly a superior man technically.
"A Text-Book of the History of Painting" by John C. Van Dyke
Superior men are always transplanted men: people who do not travel have no perspective.
"Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers" by Elbert Hubbard
Its accessories of scenery are certainly superior to those of Niagara in that they are much wilder.
"The Bastonnais" by John Lesperance
The king had nothing to oppose to superior numbers but superior activity, of which he determined to avail himself without delay.
"The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. From William and Mary to George II." by Tobias Smollett
That is to say, he cannot have fire superiority.
"The Plattsburg Manual" by O.O. Ellis and E.B. Garey
These victories seemed to establish the superiority of Carthage in Spain, and open the way for Hasdrubal to join his brother in Italy.
"A Smaller History of Rome" by William Smith and Eugene Lawrence
Had not his old mentor always sung of the superiorities of that tongue?
"Villa Elsa" by Stuart Henry
They had no faith in general national superiority.
"The Two Admirals" by J. Fenimore Cooper
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In poetry:
O'er all the sons of human race
He shines with a superior grace;
Love from his lips divinely flows,
And blessings all his state compose.
"Psalm 45 part 1" by Isaac Watts
When, marvellous! from overhead,
Like abrupt speech of one deemed dead,
Speech-moved by some Superior Will,
A bell tolls thrice and then is still.
"Battery Moving Up to a New Position from Rest Camp:Dawn" by Robert Nichols
He thought, no doubt, 'Those flashes grand,
That light for leagues the shuddering sky,
Are made, a fool could understand,
By some superior kind of fly.
"The Lesson" by James Russell Lowell
Serpent. Silence, no more! Now in superior joys
Ye quick and fluttering spirits,
Now, now, your wings expand,
And active in your pleasure,
Weave a delightful dance!
"Adam: A Sacred Drama. Act 3." by William Cowper
The famous Alexander erst subdu'd,
Where-e'er he march'd, the countries all around;
But Liquor with superior might endu'd,
O'ercame with ease that conqueror renown'd.
"Advice To The Drunkard" by Rees Prichard
O my soul weeps, my breast with anguish bleeds,
When Love deplores the tyrant power of Gain!
Disdaining riches as the futile weeds,
I rise superior, and the rich disdain.
"Elegy IX. He Describes His Disinterestedness to a Friend" by William Shenstone
In news:
Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal File photo of the Morris County Superior Court in Morristown.
In the Christian Bible , What Is the Superior Read in Terms of Story Quality -- the Old or the New Testament.
Adriana Ferreira was arrested Friday morning, and is scheduled for an arraignment in Suffolk Superior Court later in the day.
Student loan debt is a problem for many students at the University of Wisconsin Superior, but a new program aims to graduate students faster while spending less money to do so.
Stefania Shamet is recognized for her superior work in wetlands protection.
CARLSBAD — A Superior Court judge has ruled against two environmental groups that challenged a California Coastal Commission permit issued last year for the proposed desalination plant in Carlsbad.
Superior Court, 2011 WL 6823963 (Cal.
All of those numbers were superior to DiMaggio 's -- and those of everyone else in the league.
It says the organization is being restructured, a" Superior-court supervised voluntary dissolution .".
Capcom is facing a lawsuit from a former employee who claims harassment by her superiors drove her to attempt suicide.
Double agent Juan Pujol Garcia, code-named 'Garbo,' impressed his German intelligence superiors with the accuracy of his reports on Britain, which he often researched at the Lisbon public library.
The legal wrongdoing by City Hall resulted in an uncommon finding in July by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Ann I Jones: that the City Council and city had violated the " due process " rights of the Hollywood community.
Scott Randall, former Superior town manager.
Although 80 percent of companies believe they offer a superior customer experience, only 8 percent of their customers agree.
Innovative drugs that offer clear superiority over existing products likely among beneficiaries of overhaul.
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In science:
Departamento de Matem´atica, Instituto Superior T´ecnico, Av.
Higher order asymptotic formulas for Toeplitz matrices with symbols in generalized H\"older spaces
We demonstrate this via numerical simulations that illustrate the superiority of the proposed estimator with the respect to the Wax-Kailath MDL based estimator.
Sample eigenvalue based detection of high dimensional signals in white noise using relatively few samples
For the 60 M⊙ model, this corresponds to a value of u/ucrit = 0.52 on the ZAMS, which is slightly superior to 0.4, the value required at solar metallicity to obtain averaged velocities during the MS phase corresponding to observed values.
SPINSTARS at low metallicities
The lattice coding scheme is superior to both schemes for SNRs higher than 1.5.
The Case for Structured Random Codes in Network Capacity Theorems
For sufficiently high SNR, the performance of the structured random code is superior.
The Case for Structured Random Codes in Network Capacity Theorems
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