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Superhero Kindergarten
Superhero Kindergarten (Stan Lee's Superhero Kindergarten) is a 2021 American animated preschool series on Kartoon Channel!, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as retired superhero Arnold Armstrong teaching six super-powered kids; it was Stan Lee's last creation.
Superhero Movie
Superhero Movie (2008) is a spoof comedy by Craig Mazin and David Zucker parodying Spider-Man and other superhero films, starring Drake Bell as Dragonfly; it grossed $71.5 million worldwide despite poor reviews.
Superheterodyne receiver
The superheterodyne receiver (superhet) is a radio receiver architecture that converts signals to a fixed intermediate frequency by mixing with a local oscillator, invented during World War I.
Superhot
Superhot is a first-person shooter in which time moves only when the player moves, developed by the Polish studio SUPERHOT Team and released in 2016.
Superhot: Mind Control Delete
Superhot: Mind Control Delete is a 2020 standalone roguelike expansion to Superhot by SUPERHOT Team, third in the series, free to original owners, with time moving only when you move.
Superhuman
Superhuman: adjective meaning beyond normal human powers, from Medieval Latin superhumanus (1630s). Covers superhuman AI such as AlphaGo (2016), human enhancement ethics, and the Superhuman productivity company.
Superhuman strength
Superhuman strength, also called super strength or enhanced strength, is the fictional ability to exert force beyond human limits. Key facts: Marvel's 1-100 ton class scale, fixed vs scaling vs unbounded strength architectures, and required secondary powers like durability.
Superhydride
A superhydride is a hydrogen-rich metal compound, MHₓ with x of 6 or more, stable only under million-atmosphere pressures, several of which are high-temperature superconductors.
Superhydrophobic coating
A superhydrophobic coating, also called a superhydrophobic surface, is a surface treatment that makes water bead up and roll off, defined by water contact angles above 150°.
Superhydrophobicity
Superhydrophobicity is extreme water repellency where water forms a contact angle above 150° and rolls off easily, arising from low surface energy plus roughness and causing the lotus effect.
Superimposed training
Superimposed training, also called superimposed pilots, is a channel-estimation technique in which a known training sequence is added at low power to the data signal.
Superinductor
A superinductor is a superconducting circuit element with zero DC resistance whose impedance exceeds the resistance quantum, introduced around 2009 as the key component of the fluxonium qubit.
Superinfection exclusion gene product 17
Superinfection exclusion gene product 17 (GP17, Pfam PF17420) is a phage protein family; P22 Gp17 counteracts the Fels-2 prophage exclusion system, while SPP1 Gp17 is a tail completion protein.
Superinfection exclusion protein A
Superinfection exclusion protein A (SieA), phage P22 sieA product, is an 18.8 kDa Salmonella phage P22 inner membrane protein that blocks DNA injection by superinfecting P22-like phages, acting on the gp16/gp20 ejection conduit.
Superintelligence
Superintelligence is a hypothetical general intelligence vastly outperforming the best human brains in every cognitive domain, a concept central to AI risk debates since Bostrom's 2014 book.
Superintelligence (film)
Superintelligence (2020) is an HBO Max romantic sci-fi comedy directed by Ben Falcone, written by Steve Mallory, starring Melissa McCarthy as Carol Peters, chosen by a James Corden-voiced AI to decide humanity's fate; 106 minutes, PG, 30% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies
Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies is a 2014 book by the philosopher Nick Bostrom, published by Oxford University Press, arguing that controlling the first superintelligent machine is a one-shot problem.
Superintendencia de Transporte
The Superintendencia de Transporte (Supertransporte) is Colombia's decentralized national entity, attached to the Ministry of Transport, that inspects and controls transport services and infrastructure and protects transport users' rights.
Superintendent (education)
Superintendent (education): chief executive of a school district, hired by the school board to manage operations, budgets, and personnel; also a state-level office (superintendent of public instruction), distinct from principals and commissioners.
Superintendent (police)
Superintendent: senior police rank introduced with the Metropolitan Police in 1829; in England and Wales sits between chief inspector and chief superintendent, carries PACE and RIPA authorisation powers; in the US it can head a department.
Superintendent of police (India)
Superintendent of Police (SP), head of the district police force in most Indian states, typically an IPS officer. Commands law and order, crime prevention and investigation in a police district under the dual system with the District Magistrate, created by the 1861 Police Act.
Superionic conductor
A superionic conductor is a solid material in which one ionic species moves with liquid-like mobility through a rigid crystal, giving exceptionally high ionic conductivity and use in solid-state batteries.
Superionic ice
Superionic water, also called superionic ice or ice XVIII, is a hot, high-pressure phase of water whose protons flow through a rigid oxygen lattice, first observed in 2018 and believed abundant inside Uranus and Neptune.
Superionic thermoelectrics
Superionic thermoelectrics are thermoelectric materials where a liquid-like sublattice of mobile copper or silver ions suppresses heat flow while a rigid framework carries current, as in Cu2Se.
Superior canal dehiscence syndrome
Superior canal dehiscence syndrome (SCDS), a third-mobile-window inner ear disorder first described by Minor et al. in 1998, causing sound- and pressure-induced vertigo, autophony, and pulsatile tinnitus, diagnosed by Bárány criteria and repaired surgically.
Superior capsular reconstruction
Superior capsular reconstruction is an arthroscopic shoulder technique, first reported clinically in 2013, that uses a graft to rebuild the superior capsule in massive irreparable rotator cuff tears.
Superior capsule reconstruction
Superior capsule reconstruction is a shoulder surgery for massive irreparable rotator cuff tears, using a tendon graft as a hammock to stabilize the humeral head, reduce pain, and restore motion.
Superior colliculus
Superior colliculus (optic tectum in non-mammals): paired layered midbrain structure integrating visual, auditory, and somatosensory maps to generate saccades, orient head and eyes, detect looming threats, and support attention and categorization.
Superior Donuts (TV series)
Superior Donuts (TV series), also known as the Superior Donuts sitcom, a CBS multi-camera comedy (2017-2018, 34 episodes) starring Judd Hirsch and Jermaine Fowler, adapted from Tracy Letts' 2008 Steppenwolf play about a gentrifying Chicago doughnut shop.
Superior Energy Performance
Superior Energy Performance (SEP) was a US Department of Energy certification program verifying energy performance improvements in industrial facilities, requiring ISO 50001 conformance and concluding in 2025.