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superpose

[soo-per-pohz] / ˌsu pərˈpoʊz /


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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

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

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

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

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

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

Researchers have proposed and demonstrated several technologies exploiting entangled and superposed quantum states, such as .

From Scientific American ● Oct. 9, 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

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

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

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

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 David Eugene Smith


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