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What does superposition mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word superposition? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. The placing of one thing on top of another.
  2. (geology) The deposition of one stratum over another; the principle that in a series of sedimentary strata, the lower strata are the older.
  3. (physics) The situation in quantum mechanics where two or more quantum states are added together (superposed) to yield another valid quantum state.
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The law of superposition permitted archaeologists to produce a chronology of cultural change at a particular site.
Security is the superposition of one moment upon the next in a serial form for the sake of a calculated futurity.
Tiny particles such as photons or atoms can readily be put into a quantum superposition existing in two different states or places at once.
The confidence on fossils to determine the relative age of strata was so strong that the necessity to confirm their relative age based on the law of superposition was thought unnecessary.
Sengor, in particular, advocated superposition of a regime associated with tectonic escape.
The forming of the flag end foreshortens a flag support to locate a flag in substantial superposition to the lead stub.

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