subnatural

English

Alternative forms

• sub-natural

Etymology

From sub- +‎ natural.

Adjective

subnatural (comparative more subnatural, superlative most subnatural)

1. (physics) Describing spectroscopic lines that are narrower than those produced naturally
2. Below or beneath nature.
   • 2013, Daniel Buxhoeveden, Gayle Woloschak, Science and the Eastern Orthodox Church, page 51:

     As the well-known “problem of natural evil” indicates, this transparency is only relative. In a fallen, subnatural world, there is a certain opaqueness to God's purposes […]