superpose
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But if we superpose the pure spectral colours on a screen, the resulting colours are quite 729 different.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" by Various
V. cover; superpose, superimpose; overlay, overspread; wrap &c.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget
This the roving waves bore over the submerged and now peaty forests, and deposited above them the elements of rocks which were to superpose the coal strata.
From The Underground City, or, the Child of the Cavern by Jules Verne
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
To put over or upon; as to superpose one rock upon another.
From Orthography As Outlined in the State Course of Study for Illinois by Elmer W. Cavins
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
The Rydberg atom transferred its superposed state to the resident electromagnetic field, putting it into a superposition of two different phase, or vibrational, states.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 9, 2012
Slender baluster-shaped columns support a drawer and three superposed tablets.
From New York Times ● Sep. 9, 2011
If a rod be placed in the path of these two beams when they are superposed, each beam will throw a shadow of the rod upon the screen.
From Colour Measurement and Mixture by W. de W. Abney
When they do so, the pairs start behaving like a single particle, superposing proclivities and all.
From Economist ● Feb. 23, 2012
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
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
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
Here we have the four categories of time, place, species, and form; by superposing, then, we obtain divisions of smaller extent.
From Introduction to the Study of History by George Godfrey Berry
