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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We therefore speak of congruent triangles and congruent parallelograms as being those that are superposable.
From The Teaching of Geometry by David Eugene Smith
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
Pasteur pointed out that all mineral substances--that is, all the natural products not due to living energy--have a superposable image and are, therefore, not dissymmetrical.
From Makers of Modern Medicine by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh
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
