superpose
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To put over or upon; as to superpose one rock upon another.
From Orthography As Outlined in the State Course of Study for Illinois by Cavins, Elmer W.
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
Now it is the same thing with symmetric spherical triangles; we cannot superpose them.
From The Teaching of Geometry by Smith, David Eugene
In a general way, measuring is a wholly human operation, which implies that we really or ideally superpose two objects one on another a certain number of times.
From Creative Evolution by Mitchell, Arthur
V. cover; superpose, superimpose; overlay, overspread; wrap &c.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark
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
Quantum computers, in contrast, traffic in qubits, which are constructed out of superposed particles that embody numerous states simultaneously.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 20, 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
The eyes are in motion most of the time, hence, certain effects of an illusory nature may be superposed upon stationary objects.
From Visual Illusions Their Causes, Characteristics and Applications by Luckiesh, Matthew
When they do so, the pairs start behaving like a single particle, superposing proclivities and all.
From Economist ● Feb. 23, 2012
The method for superposing the two spaces on one another was deduced by Sir David Brewster in 1856, but he does not appear to have dealt with the problem of range-finding.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various
There would be no reason, for example, why an angle should not be constructed equal to a given angle by superposing the given angle on another part of the plane.
From The Teaching of Geometry by Smith, David Eugene
It is precisely by comparing, arranging and superposing these mind-images that we get our general notions or concepts.
From The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: the Book of the Spiritual Man by Johnston, Charles
A second arrangement consists in superposing the end of the exhaust-pipe upon a casing of suitable size, which casing is partitioned off by several perforated baffle-plates.
