superpose
verb (used with object)
to place above or upon something else, or one upon another.
superposable
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a word derived from
superpose.
Example Sentences
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The two worlds thus become substantially identical, continuous, and superposable; each can merge insensibly into the other.
From Winds Of Doctrine Studies in Contemporary Opinion by George Santayana
The universe is dissymmetrical; for, placing before a mirror the group of bodies which compose the solar system with their proper movement, we obtain in the mirror an image not superposable on the reality.
From Makers of Modern Medicine by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh
Of late, therefore, in Europe and America, and wherever European influence reaches, the word "congruent" is coming into use to mean "identically equal" in the sense of superposable.
From The Teaching of Geometry by David Eugene Smith
In other cases the similar parts are disposed symmetrically on either side of a median line or plane, giving a series of homologous parts which are not superposable.
From The Mechanism of Life by Stéphane Leduc
He holds the paper at the distance at which it was at the moment of suggestion, and folds it in the form of a rectangle exactly superposable on the card.
From Buchanan's Journal of Man, June 1887 Volume 1, Number 6 by Joseph R. (Joseph Rodes) Buchanan
