Definition of "superposes" []

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of superpose. (verb)

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• "These characteristics of the country rock, however, are likely to be masked at the outcrop by later weathering, which superposes a kaolinic or clayey alteration."
• "In the case of a classical system for which a superposition principle holds, for instance a vibrating membrane, when one superposes a state with itself the result is a different state, with a different magnitude of the oscillations."
• "It applies itself to the earth, and superposes itself with a sort of suction."