Supernumerary means "exceeding the usual number".
Supernumerary may also refer to:
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Supernumerary actor
Supernumerary actors are usually amateur character actors in opera and ballet performances who train under professional direction to create a believable scene.
Definition
The term's original use, from the Latin
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, a performer in a film, television show, or stage production who has no role or purpose other than to appear in the background, more commonly referred to as an "extra"
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Supernumerary body part
Supernumerary body parts are most commonly a congenital disorder involving the growth of an additional part of the body and a deviation from the body plan. Body parts may be easily visible or hidden away, such as internal organs.
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, most commonly a congenital disorder involving the growth of an additional part of the body and a deviation from the body plan
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Supernumerary judge A supernumerary judge or supernumerary magistrate is a judge who has retired from a full-time position on a court, but continues to work part-time. Generally, when a judge becomes supernumerary a vacancy is created, and the appropriate person or bod ...
, a semi-retired judge appointed to hear cases on a part-time basis
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Supernumerary rainbow, extra colored bands sometimes seen inside the arc of a rainbow
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Jewish Supernumerary Police
The Jewish Supernumerary Police ( Hebrew: ''Shotrim Musafim''), sometimes referred to as Jewish Auxiliary Police, were a branch of the Guards (''Notrim'') set up by the British in the British Mandate of Palestine in June 1936.
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, a Jewish militia active in the British Mandate of Palestine
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Small supernumerary marker chromosome
A small supernumerary marker chromosome (sSMC) is an abnormal extra chromosome. It contains copies of parts of one or more normal chromosomes and like normal chromosomes is located in the cell's nucleus, is DNA replication, replicated and distrib ...
(sSMC), an extra, 47th autosomal chromosome
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Supernumerary sexes (or ''supernumerary genders''), gender categories beyond male and female
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Hyperdontia
Hyperdontia is the condition of having supernumerary teeth, or teeth that appear in addition to the regular number of teeth (32 in the average adult). They can appear in any area of the dental arch and can affect any dental organ. The opposit ...
), referring to the congenital presence of extra teeth
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Supernumerary town
Supernumerary town (russian: Заштатный город, zashtatny gorod; russian: безуездный город, bezuyezdny gorod, lit=county-less city, label=none, ") was a type of a city in the Russian Empire which was not an administrativ ...
, a town in Russian Empire which is not a center of an administrative subdivision of state
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