Definition of Superposable

1. Adjective. Coinciding exactly when superimposed. "Identical triangles"

Exact synonyms: Identical
Similar to: Congruent

Definition of Superposable

1. a. Capable of being superposed, as one figure upon another.

Definition of Superposable

1. Adjective. (context: of two objects) Able to be superposed on each other in such a way as to coincide exactly ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Superposable

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Superposable

superplusage
superplusages
superpluses
superpolite
superpoliteness
superpolitic
superpolymer
superpolymers
superpolynomial
superpolynomials
superpopular
superpopulated
superport
superports
superposability
superposable (current term)
superpose
superposed
superposes
superposing
superposition
superposition principle
superpositioning
superpositions
superpotent
superpotential
superpotentials
superpower
superpowered
superpowerful

Literary usage of Superposable

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

1. An Elementary Treatise on Pure Geometry: With Numerous Examples by John Wellesley Russell (1893)
"subtend at two points in the plane of the paper superposable pencils. ... O-4 o A i Then the pencils subtended at U are superposable. ..."

2. An Elementary Treatise on Pure Geometry with Numerous Examples by John Wellesley Russell (1905)
"The pencils are clearly superposable and therefore homo- graphic. Hence the locus is a conic through the vertices of the pencils. ..."

3. Pharmaceutical Journal by Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1851)
"But up to the present time in all those cases which I have examined, I have never found the rotatory property to co-exist with superposable ..."

4. Elements of Synthetic Solid Geometry by Nathan Fellowes Dupuis (1893)
"Two triangles may be congruent and yet not be superposable until one of them is turned over in the plane. This operation, which is possible and allowable in ..."

5. Elements of Synthetic Solid Geometry by Nathan Fellowes Dupuis (1893)
"Two triangles may be congruent and yet not be superposable until one of them is turned ... Then the triangles are directly superposable and the corners are ..."

6. Thermodynamics and Chemistry: A Non-mathematical Treatise for Chemists and by Pierre Maurice Marie Duhem (1903)
"A lift- handed crystal is superposable upon the image of a right-handed crystal ... The symbol of the right-handed acid is not superposable upon itself in a ..."

7. Thermodynamics and Chemistry: A Non-mathematical Treatise for Chemists and by Pierre Maurice Marie Duhem (1903)
"A left- handed crystal is superposable upon the image of a right-handed crys- ... The symbol of the right-handed acid is not superposable upon itself in a ..."

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