Meaning of SUPERPOSE
| Pronunciation: | | `soopu'powz
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- [v] place on top of; "can you superimpose the two images?"
- [v] place (one geometric figure) upon another so that their perimeters coincide
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| | Synonyms: | | lay over, superimpose |
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| | See Also: | | develop, lay, place, pose, position, put, set | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Su`per*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Superposed}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Superposing}.] [F. superposer. See {Super-},
and {Pose}.]
1. To lay upon, as one kind of rock on another.
2. (Geom.) To lay (a figure) upon another in such a manner
that all the parts of the one coincide with the parts of
the other; as, to superpose one plane figure on another.
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