2. Adjective. superimposed ¹
3. Adjective. (botany) That grows vertically above another part ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Superposed
1. superpose [v] - See also: superpose
Lexicographical Neighbors of Superposed
Literary usage of Superposed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annals of the Astronomical Observatory of Harvard College by Harvard College Observatory (1897)
"This spectrum is completely superposed on that of y Velorum, except a narrow ...
superposed on this spectrum are the lines H,. He, and Ha of AGC 24840, ..."
2. Elements of Projective Geometry by George Herbert Ling, George Wentworth, David Eugene Smith (1922)
"superposed Projective Forms. Hitherto only incidental reference has been made to the
... Such forms are called superposed forms. In the first place, ..."
3. Aerodynamics: Constituting the First Volume of a Complete Work on Aerial Flight by Frederick William Lanchester (1907)
"The Method of superposed Systems of Flow.—The conception on which the foregoing
... Let us suppose that instead of two motions being superposed on one fluid ..."
4. The American Vignola by William Robert Ware (1906)
"When Roman arches are superposed, they follow the same rule that governs the ...
Plate III shows three examples of superposed Roman arches and one example ..."
5. Aerodynamics: Constituting the First Volume of a Complete Work on Aerial Flight by Frederick William Lanchester (1907)
"Let us suppose that instead of two motions being superposed on one fluid current
two fluid currents be superposed on one another. This is at first difficult ..."
6. Aerodynamics: Constituting the First Volume of a Complete Work on Aerial Flight by Frederick William Lanchester (1908)
"The Method of superposed Systems of Flow.—The conception on which the foregoing
... Let us suppose that instead of two motions being superposed on one fluid ..."
7. The Henry Draper Catalogby Annie Jump Cannon, Edward Charles Pickering by Annie Jump Cannon, Edward Charles Pickering (1918)
"The spectrum is superposed and may be of Class G. 50281. ... The two spectra are
superposed. The lines in the spectrum of HD 51560 are very indistinct . ..."
8. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"... sepals ovate-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, seldom reflexed; ovary glabrous
or more frequently pubescent, with 2 superposed ovules. ..."
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