Library / English Dictionary

SUPERPOSE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Place on top of

Example:

can you superimpose the two images?

Synonyms:

lay over; superimpose; superpose

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "superpose" is one way to...):

lay; place; pose; position; put; set (put into a certain place or abstract location)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "superpose"):

develop (superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without stretching, in geometry)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

superposition (the placement of one thing on top of another)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Place (one geometric figure) upon another so that their perimeters coincide

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "superpose" is one way to...):

lay; place; pose; position; put; set (put into a certain place or abstract location)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

superposition (the placement of one thing on top of another)

superposition ((geometry) the placement of one object ideally in the position of another one in order to show that the two coincide)

Credits