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superpose
Word definitions for superpose in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1823, from French superposer , from super- (see super- ) + poser (see pose (v.1)). Related: Superposed ; superposing .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. place (one geometric figure) upon another so that their perimeters coincide place on top of; "can you superimpose the two images?" [syn: superimpose , lay over ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
SuperPose is a freely available web server designed to perform both pairwise and multiple protein structure superpositions. The “ Structural superposition ” term refers to the rotations and translations performed on one structure to make it match or align ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. 1 To place one thing on top of another 2 (context mathematics English) To place one geometric figure on top of another in such a way that all common parts coincide
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Superpose \Su`per*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Superposed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Superposing .] [F. superposer. See Super- , and Pose .] To lay upon, as one kind of rock on another. (Geom.) To lay (a figure) upon another in such a manner that all the parts of ...
Usage examples of superpose.
Every phoneme was formed of two or three superposed sounds, and every morpheme was a blend of phonemes, flowing together like water.
If insect or other animal tracks are superposed on the hoofprints, this also argues against their freshness.
The Utopian tongue might well present a more spacious coalescence, and hold in the frame of such an uninflected or slightly inflected idiom as English already presents, a profuse vocabulary into which have been cast a dozen once separate tongues, superposed and then welded together through bilingual and trilingual compromises.
When several phenomena are superposed in the same system, the dissymmetries are added together.
They remain what they always have been, a small feudality of brigands superposed on conquered France.
If the natural conscience murmurs in whispers at moments, the acquired superposed conscience immediately imposes silence, concealing personal hatreds under public pretexts: the guillotined, after all, were aristocrats, and whoever comes under the guillotine is immoral.
In the north of Italy, the fresh seeds are alone used, and after they have been crushed and the seed coats very carefully removed with a winnowing machine and by hand, the blanched seeds are put into small hempen bags, which are arranged in superposed layers in a powerful hydraulic press, with a sheet of iron heated to 90 degrees F.
It applies itself to the earth, and superposes itself with a sort of suction.
VISAR presented her as a head and shoulders superposed into Hunt's visual system against the background of the cabin.