Superimpose
[,suːp(ə)rɪm'pəʊz;,sjuː-] or [,supərɪm'poz]
Definition
(verb.) place on top of; 'can you superimpose the two images?'.
Typist: Shelley--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To lay or impose on something else; as, a stratum of earth superimposed on another stratum.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Superpose.
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Definition
v.t. to impose or lay above: (geol.) to establish a structural system over independently of underlying structures.—n. Superimposi′tion the act of superimposing: state of being superimposed.
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Examples
- Double-print is used where the surface is covered with halftone screen, either the line or halftone negative is printed on the metal, the other is superimposed on it. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The mattresses were laid 35 to 50 feet wide at the bottom, which width was considerably increased by the superimposed layer of stone, and the jetties extended 2? miles into the sea. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- But here we may be dealing with superimposed scratchings. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- When the skips arrived at the giant rolls, their contents were dumped automatically into a superimposed hopper. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Oh, there could be no question as to the superimposing of the footmarks. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
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