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Meaning of pluperfect

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pluperfect

Pronunciation:/pluːˈpɜː(ɹ)fɛkt/

adjective

Definitions

  1. Being a generalization of a perfect number. For a given natural number k, a number n is called k-perfect (or k-fold perfect) iff the sum of all positive divisors of n (the divisor function, σ(n)) is equal to kn.

    Synonyms:pluperfect

noun

Definitions

  1. The pluperfect tense.

  2. A verb in this tense.

adjective

Definitions

  1. More than perfect.

  2. (grammar) Pertaining to action completed before or at the same time as another.

  3. Relating to a certain type of graph, complying with the theorem (pluperfect graph theorem) discovered by D. R. Fulkerson in 1970.

  4. Used as an intensifier in various interjections.

    Example: What in the pluperfect hell is going on here?!