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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Superpartient \Su`per*par"tient\, a. [L. superpartiens; super over + partiens, p. pr. of partire to divide.] (Math.) Of or pertaining to a ratio when the excess of the greater term over the less is more than a unit, as that of 3 to 5, or 7 to 10. [Obs.] --Hutton. [1913 Webster]