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单词 superpose
释义

superpose

verb

su·​per·​pose ˌsü-pər-ˈpōz How to pronounce superpose (audio)
superposed; superposing

transitive verb

1
: to place or lay over or above whether in or not in contact : superimpose
2
: to lay (something, such as a geometric figure) upon another so as to make all like parts coincide
superposable
ˌsü-pər-ˈpō-zə-bəl How to pronounce superpose (audio)
adjective

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The atom’s superposed states no longer interfere coherently with one another because they are now entangled with other states in the surrounding environment—including, perhaps, some large measuring instrument. Philip Ball, WIRED, 28 July 2019 The atom’s superposed states no longer interfere coherently with one another because they are now entangled with other states in the surrounding environment — including, perhaps, some large measuring instrument. Quanta Magazine, 22 July 2019 This requires that all possible states of the traveling particle be superposed in a single, coherent quantum state for tens of femtoseconds. Peter Byrne, Quanta Magazine, 30 July 2013

Word History

Etymology

probably from French superposer, back-formation from superposition, from Late Latin superposition-, superpositio, from Latin superponere to superpose, from super- + ponere to place — more at position

First Known Use

1823, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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