Hypertext Webster Gateway: "superpose"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Superpose \Su`per*pose"\, 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
superpose
v 1: place (one geometric figure) upon another so that their
perimeters coincide
2: place on top of; "can you superimpose the two images?" [syn:
{superimpose}, {lay over}]
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