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 ''supernumerarius'', meant someo ...
, 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, 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 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, 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 replicated and distributed into each d ...
(sSMC), an extra, 47th autosomal chromosome
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Supernumerary sexes (or ''supernumerary genders''), gender categories beyond male and female
* Supernumerary Tooth (or
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 opposite ...
), referring to the congenital presence of extra teeth
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Supernumerary town, a town in Russian Empire which is not a center of an administrative subdivision of state
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