superpose
Americanverb (used with object)
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to place above or upon something else, or one upon another.
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Geometry. to place (one figure) in the space occupied by another, so that the two figures coincide throughout their whole extent.
verb
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geometry to transpose (the coordinates of one geometric figure) to coincide with those of another
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a rare word for superimpose
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Etymology
Origin of superpose
From the French word superposer, dating back to 1815–25. See super-, pose 1
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We may give isolated single taps or superpose a series in rapid succession according as the wheel is rotated slow or fast.
From Response in the Living and Non-Living by Sir Jagadis Chandra Bose
Now it is the same thing with symmetric spherical triangles; we cannot superpose them.
From The Teaching of Geometry by David Eugene Smith
It will come from one side of this partition to superpose itself on the hydrostatic pressure, which latter must have the same value on both sides.
From The New Physics and Its Evolution by Lucien Poincaré
On this new ground philosophy ought then to follow science, in order to superpose on scientific truth a knowledge of another kind, which may be called metaphysical.
From Creative Evolution by Arthur Mitchell
On restoring the wire to its original place, it will be extremely flexible, and we may now superpose several contrary polarities under contrary torsions, as already described.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 392, July 7, 1883 by Various
Like entanglement, the superposed states essential to its power are fragile, collapsing when measured or otherwise perturbed by the outside world.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 3, 2021
This is further supported by the dust lanes superposed on the host nucleus17, 61.
From Nature ● Oct. 15, 2017
Such a device would be able to carry out many calculations in parallel, with each of the superposed states acting as part of the calculation.
From Economist ● Oct. 11, 2012
Researchers have proposed and demonstrated several technologies exploiting entangled and superposed quantum states, such as .
From Scientific American ● Oct. 9, 2012
Three garlands of little figures, angels, kings, and saints, covered with openwork canopies, ran through three arches superposed over the three portals.
From The Cabin [La barraca] by Vicente Blasco Ib??ez
When they do so, the pairs start behaving like a single particle, superposing proclivities and all.
From Economist ● Feb. 23, 2012
As the need for this diminished, two large additional rooms were gained by raising the central wall a story, and superposing a flat, lead roof.
From Memorials of Old London Volume I by P. H. (Peter Hampson) Ditchfield
An opaque sky, which had a solid air and was made of accumulated, small, horizontal layers, as if one had painted it by superposing pastes of dead colors.
From Ramuntcho by Pierre Loti
All such wave-motions can be produced by superposing a number of simple wave forms.
From The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told by J. Arthur Thomson
A stack of pulled cotton is formed by superposing thin layers from different bales, and when completed the cotton is drawn from top to bottom of the stack.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 5 "Cosway" to "Coucy" by Various
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