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Definition of Superimposable

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Superimposable

Literary usage of Superimposable

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Exploring Organic Environments in the Solar System by National Research Council (U.S.) (2007)
"If the chemical structures at the four corners all differ, however slightly, the mirror images of the tetrahedron will not be superimposable (Figure 1.3). ..."

2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"A mixture melting point with a sample provided by Professor Chapman was not depressed and the infrared spectra of the two derivatives were superimposable.7 ..."

3. American Journal of Physiology by American Physiological Society (1887- ). (1913)
"Note that the volume curves of the last three strokes in the first section are not exactly superimposable upon the first three. ..."

4. Physiological chemistry by Albert Prescott Mathews (1915)
"... these atoms in two different ways, as is shown in the figure, the two tetrahedrons not being superimposable, but being mirror images of each other. ..."

5. Physiological chemistry: A Text-book and Manual for Students by Albert Prescott Mathews (1916)
"... these atoms in two different ways, as is shown in the figure, the two tetrahedrons not being superimposable, but being mirror images of each other. ..."

6. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1903)
"... about it—one in which the radial parts correspond exactly to each other, and are superimposable, but none of which is the reflected image of any other. ..."

7. The Harvey Lectures by Harvey Society of New York, New York Academy of Medicine (1922)
"... when other factors are unchanged, the simultaneous variations of these factors even under normal conditions prevent the beats from being superimposable. ..."

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