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  • verb Present participle of superpose.

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Examples

  • "Son of the Jew", introduced in a vague sort of way the idea of superposing two tides, the one due to the sun and the other to the moon.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913

  • The idea of "superposing" adjectives, or not, is what I cling to: Does the first adjective apply to everything that comes after it (no comma), or to the noun only (comma, please)?

    Word Court 2005

  • The idea of "superposing" adjectives, or not, is what I cling to: Does the first adjective apply to everything that comes after it (no comma), or to the noun only (comma, please)?

    Word Court 2005

  • Inaugurated in 1858, the Theater had already undergone renovations superposing architectural styles, but was again very rundown.

    Eva Sopher. 2009

  • Dirac writes (1958) by superposing a state with itself we cannot form any new state, but only the original state over again … [this] shows up very clearly the fundamental difference between the superposition of the quantum theory and any kind of classical superposition.

    A Third Choice (ID Hypothesis) 2007

  • The local detail of SST is improved by superposing quality-improved gridded SSTs.

    SST Adjustment #2 « Climate Audit 2005

  • The dovetail joint is also made by first laying out and cutting the members having the pins, and then superposing this on the piece to be dovetailed, and scribing around the pins.

    Handwork in Wood William Noyes

  • In 1858, Mr. Claudet conceived the idea of projecting the two stereoscopic images upon ground glass in superposing them.

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 795, March 28, 1891 Various

  • I have succeeded in doing this, and in obtaining strong reversal of polarities, by superposing one polarity given while the rod is under a right elastic torsion, with another of the opposite polarity given under

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

  • Lay out the drawer front by superposing the dovetailed side, X, on the end of the front, Y, as in a thru dovetail.

    Handwork in Wood William Noyes

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