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superpose

[soo-per-pohz] / ˌsu pərˈpoʊz /


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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

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

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

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 Elmer W. Cavins

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

Distortion of a square due to superposed lines 61 26.

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

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

Lay out the drawer front by superposing the dovetailed side, X, on the end of the front, Y, as in a thru dovetail.

From Handwork in Wood by William Noyes

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


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