superposition
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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "superposition"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ…āϧāĻŋāϰ⧋āĻĒāĻŖ, āĻ¸ā§āϤāϰ⧀āĻ•āϰāĻŖ

the act or process of placing one object or entity directly above or on top of another
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In architecture, the engineer considered the structural integrity of the building with the superposition of additional floors.
āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϝ⧇, āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•ā§ŒāĻļāϞ⧀ āĻŦāĻžā§œāĻŋāϰ āĻ—āĻ āύāĻ—āϤ āĻ…āĻ–āĻŖā§āĻĄāϤāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϤ āϤāϞāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϰ āϏ⧁āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻĒāϜāĻŋāĻļāύ āϏāĻšāĨ¤
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āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ

(geometry) the placement of one object ideally in the position of another one in order to show that the two coincide
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āϏ⧁āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻĒāϜāĻŋāĻļāύ, āϏ⧁āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻĒāϜāĻŋāĻļāύ āύ⧀āϤāĻŋ

a principle in geology stating that in a sequence of undisturbed sedimentary rock layers, the youngest rocks are at the top, and the oldest rocks are at the bottom, helping determine the relative ages of geological formations
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
By studying superposition, scientists can infer the relative ages of fossils found in different sedimentary layers.
āϏ⧁āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻĒāϜāĻŋāĻļāύ āĻ…āĻ§ā§āϝāϝāĻŧāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇, āĻŦāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύ⧀āϰāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻĒāĻžāϞāϞāĻŋāĻ• āĻ¸ā§āϤāϰ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻœā§€āĻŦāĻžāĻļā§āĻŽā§‡āϰ āφāĻĒ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāϝāĻŧāϏ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ

(geology) the deposition of one geological stratum on another

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

superposition
superpose

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pose

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āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ