superpose

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We may give isolated single taps or superpose a series in rapid succession according as the wheel is rotated slow or fast.

From Response in the Living and Non-Living by Bose, Jagadis Chandra, Sir

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

On this new ground philosophy ought then to follow science, in order to superpose on scientific truth a knowledge of another kind, which may be called metaphysical.

From Creative Evolution by Mitchell, Arthur

On restoring the wire to its original place, it will be extremely flexible, and we may now superpose several contrary polarities under contrary torsions, as already described.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 392, July 7, 1883 by Various

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 Verne, Jules