superpose
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But if we superpose the pure spectral colours on a screen, the resulting colours are quite 729 different.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" by Various
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
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
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
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
The electromagnetic field then transferred information about its superposed phases to the atom.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 9, 2012
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
This is particularly striking when two gratings or even two ordinary fly-screens are superposed.
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
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
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
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 Charles Johnston
On superposing all these curves, a satisfactory agreement was found to exist between them.
From Six Lectures on Light Delivered In The United States In 1872-1873 by John Tyndall
