superpose : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: superpose	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
superpose v place (one geometric figure) upon another so that their perimeters coincide place on top of; "can you superimpose the two images?" Synonym(s): superimpose, superpose, lay over
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Superpose \Su`perpose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Superposed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Superposing}.] [F. superposer. See {Super-}, and {Pose}.] 1. To lay upon, as one kind of rock on another. 2. (Geom.) To lay (a figure) upon another in such a manner that all the parts of the one coincide with the parts of the other; as, to superpose* one plane figure on another.