Words Like SUPERPOSITION
    
   We have put together a list of words that are similar to SUPERPOSITION.
    
    
    
        
            9 Alternative Words Similar to superposition
   
            
               
            
            
        
       
    
    
        10 definitions of superposition
           
        
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        The act of superposing; a placing above or upon; a lying or being situated above or upon something else.
    
    
    
 
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        In botany, same as anteposition, 2.
    
    
    
 
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        Specifically, in geology, noting the relations of stratified formations to one another from the point of view of the relative time of their deposition.
    
    
    
 
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        In geometry, the ideal operation of carrying one magnitude to the space occupied by another, and showing that they can be made to coincide throughout their whole extent.
    
    
    
 
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        In the early church, an addition to or extension of a fast; a fast longer than the ordinary fast.
    
    
    
 
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        The placing of one thing on top of another
    
    
    
 
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        The deposition of one stratum over another; the principle that in a series of sedimentary strata, the lower strata are the older
    
    
    
 
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        the placement of one thing on top of another
    
    
    
 
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        (geology) the deposition of one geological stratum on another
    
    
    
 
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        (geology) the principle that in a series of stratified sedimentary rocks the lowest stratum is the oldest