Meaning of supergroup | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Any group composed of other groups.
2. The group to which a subgroup belongs.
3. A group of musicians, each a star of another band (especially in rock music).
4. A generalization of groups, used in the study of supersymmetry.
5. In the L-carrier system, a multiplexed group of channel groups.
6. A sequence of groups of formations that compose a coherent unit.

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Examples

“Formally, a supergroup is a more general notion than group. We illustrate the difference between the two notions by a simple example.”

“In 1974, David Geffen, Asylum's main man, applied his negotiating abilities to creating a country-rock supergroup along the lines of Crosby, Stills & Nash.”

“A supergroup is a rock and pop music term for a group whose members are already successful and well known, either as solo performers or part of other groups. It was first applied in 1968, to Cream, whose three members had already achieved prominence, […]”

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