SUPERPOSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does superpose mean? 

• SUPERPOSE (verb)
  The verb SUPERPOSE has 2 senses:

1. place (one geometric figure) upon another so that their perimeters coincide

2. place on top of

  Familiarity information: SUPERPOSE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUPERPOSE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they superpose    ... he / she / it superposes   
Past simple: superposed   
Past participle: superposed   
-ing form: superposing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Place (one geometric figure) upon another so that their perimeters coincide

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "superpose" is one way to...):

lay; place; pose; position; put; set (put into a certain place or abstract location)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

superposition (the placement of one thing on top of another)

superposition ((geometry) the placement of one object ideally in the position of another one in order to show that the two coincide)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Place on top of

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

lay over; superimpose; superpose

Context example:

can you superimpose the two images?

Hypernyms (to "superpose" is one way to...):

lay; place; pose; position; put; set (put into a certain place or abstract location)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "superpose"):

develop (superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without stretching, in geometry)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

superposition (the placement of one thing on top of another)