Superpose v. t. (past & past part. superposed; pres. part. superposing)
1.
To lay upon, as one kind of rock on another.
2.
(Geom.) To lay (a figure) upon another in such a manner that all the parts of the one coincide with the parts of the other; as, to superpose one plane figure on another.
... division of power, I operated for the first time an electric power hammer that I shall here describe. Its essential part is a sectional solenoid that I have likewise made an application of in an electric motor which I presented in July, 1830, to the Societe de Physique. Let us suppose we superpose, one on the other, a hundred flat bobbins of a centimeter in thickness in such a way as to form a single solenoid one meter in height, and that the incoming and outgoing wires of each of them be ... — Scientific American Supplement, No. 362, December 9, 1882 • Various
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