a. [SUPER- 4.] That is above, or of a higher order than, the physical; = HYPERPHYSICAL.
a. 1603. T. Cartwright, Confut. Rhem. N. T. (1618), 228. Supernaturall and Superphisicall Theology.
1865. J. Tyndall, in Pall Mall Gaz., 19 Oct., 3/2. ‘What causes the motor nerves to pull the trigger?’ Is the cause physical or super-physical?
1880. N. Smyth, Old Faiths in New Light, vii. (1882), 281. Any suggestions, or intimations, which may come to us … of superphysical modes or spheres of existence.
1904. H. A. A. Kennedy, St Paul’s Concept. Last Things, v. 233. The process of super-physical activity in the existence of the exalted Christ must be on a different level from that which belongs to His followers.
