superposable

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su⋅per⋅pose

[soo-per-pohz]

–verb (used with object), -posed, -pos⋅ing.

1.	to place above or upon something else, or one upon another.

2.	Geometry. to place (one figure) in the space occupied by another, so that the two figures coincide throughout their whole extent.

Origin:
1815–25; < F superposer. See super-, pose ¹

Related forms:

su⋅per⋅pos⋅a⋅ble, adjective

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superposable
adjective
coinciding exactly when superimposed; "identical triangles" [syn: identical]

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