superpose

• Verb, das die Handlung bezeichnet, etwas auf oder über etwas anderes zu legen, oft so, dass es sich deckt oder zur Deckung gebracht wird.

A verb used to indicate the act of placing or laying one thing over another, often in a way that they coincide or align.

1. C1formalscientific

   To place one geometric figure upon another so that their perimeters coincide.

   Aufeinanderlegen

   • In geometry, you can superpose one triangle onto another to check for congruence.
   • The mathematician superposed the two shapes to compare their dimensions.
   • To prove the theorem, we need to superpose the figures.

   Synonymesuperimpose

2. Place on top ofC1formalscientific

   To place or lay something over or above something else, typically so that both are still visible or aligned.

   Übereinanderlegen

   • The artist superposed a transparent layer of color over the original painting.
   • In the diagram, the new data is superposed on the old graph.
   • The engineer superposed the two blueprints to check for alignment.

   Synonymeoverlayoverliesuperimpose

   Antonymedisconnectdisjoinremoveseparateunderlay