subimposev.
/ˌsʌbᵻmˈpəʊz/, U.S. /ˌsəbᵻmˈpoʊz/ transitive. To impose, place, or lay (something) below, beneath, or under something else. Occasionally also intransitive: to be situated under something else.Sometimes contrasted with superimpose v.
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1837 A. B. Granville Spas Germany I. iii. 317 They all rise very close together, out of the compact limestone subimposed to the sandstone.
1920 Amer. Garage & Auto Dealer Feb. 34/3 The throttle subimposes on the steering wheel; foot brake, usual position.
1968 N. Brooke Shakespeare's Early Tragedies 167 What had previously been thought of as cause was therefore demoted to symptom, and under it Bradley sub-imposed a new cause.
1999 Archaeol. in Oceania 34 113/2 In some cases, the sampled paintings are subimposed underneath other (undated) paintings, in which case they give a maximum date for the overlying art.
2007 I. T. Monson Freedom Sounds viii. 291 The inclusion of two ‘tonality extender charts’..suggests that the student either superimpose (in the ascending direction) or subimpose (in the descending direction) tonal centers.
Derivatives
ˌsub-imˈposed adj.
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1898 I. C. Russell River Devel. 246 If a name were desired for this minor feature of the drainage of certain regions, it might be termed subimposed.
1921 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 41 385 The ḥa is made evident by a superimposed final ḥa and the ṣād by a sub-imposed final ṣād.
2005 M. S. Alencar & V. C. da Rocha Communication Syst. ix. 289 A super-imposed cell differs from a sub-imposed cell because the latter not only has a smaller radius, but does not have..a control channel.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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