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superpose

[soo-per-pohz] / ˌsu pərˈpoʊz /


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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

What has been accomplished is to superpose upon the ancient organic France another arbitrary and administrative France.

From France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889 by William Henry Hurlbert

V. cover; superpose, superimpose; overlay, overspread; wrap &c.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget

Which being cast out again superpose coals, and blowing for a long time, as at first, again uncover it, and then do as you did before.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola

Now it is the same thing with symmetric spherical triangles; we cannot superpose them.

From The Teaching of Geometry by David Eugene Smith

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

When a voltage is applied to this sandwich, the whole lot becomes a quantum system capable of existing in superposed states.

From Economist ● Feb. 23, 2012

Superposi′tion, act of superposing: state of being superposed: that which is above anything.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

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

The melodies emerged from the symphonic depths, developing, interrupting, superposing, mingling, melting into one another, dissolving, disappearing to again appear.

From The Literature of Ecstasy by Albert Mordell

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 similar result is found on superposing a blue filter upon the purple one.

From Visual Illusions Their Causes, Characteristics and Applications by Matthew Luckiesh


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