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SUPERPOSITION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The placement of one thing on top of another
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("superposition" is a kind of...):
emplacement; locating; location; placement; position; positioning (the act of putting something in a certain place)
Derivation:
superpose (place on top of)
superpose (place (one geometric figure) upon another so that their perimeters coincide)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(geometry) the placement of one object ideally in the position of another one in order to show that the two coincide
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("superposition" is a kind of...):
emplacement; locating; location; placement; position; positioning (the act of putting something in a certain place)
Domain category:
geometry (the pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces)
Derivation:
superpose (place (one geometric figure) upon another so that their perimeters coincide)
Sense 3
Meaning:
(geology) the principle that in a series of stratified sedimentary rocks the lowest stratum is the oldest
Synonyms:
principle of superposition; superposition; superposition principle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("superposition" is a kind of...):
principle; rule (a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system)
Domain category:
geology (a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks)
Sense 4
Meaning:
(geology) the deposition of one geological stratum on another
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("superposition" is a kind of...):
deposit; deposition (the natural process of laying down a deposit of something)
Domain category:
geology (a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks)
