superpose
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V. cover; superpose, superimpose; overlay, overspread; wrap &c.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget
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
But in this fickle and aberrated mind ideas superpose themselves on each other, then pass away, and those which disappear leave their shadow on those which follow.
From Là-bas by Keene Wallace
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
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
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 discussion of the small oscillation superposed on the state of steady motion requisite for stability is given in the next paragraph.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various
When they do so, the pairs start behaving like a single particle, superposing proclivities and all.
From Economist ● Feb. 23, 2012
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
By superposing layers of liquid of different concentration and decreasing density, one may obtain knots and swellings in the osmotic growths marking the surfaces of separation of the liquid.
From The Mechanism of Life by Stéphane Leduc
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
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.
