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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Cf. F.

superposition

. See

, and

The act of superposing, or the state of being superposed;

as, the

superposition

of rocks; the

superposition

of one plane figure on another, in geometry

Noun.

[super and position.]

A placing above; a lying or being situated above or upon something; as the superposition of rocks.

That which is situated above or upon something else.