Superparticular

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Superparticular \Su`per*par*tic"u*lar\, a. [L.
     superparticularis. See {Super-}, and {Particular}.] (Math.)
     Of or pertaining to a ratio when the excess of the greater
     term over the less is a unit, as the ratio of 1 to 2, or of 3
     to 4. [Obs.] --Hutton.
     [1913 Webster]