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Significats de principle of superposition en anglès

(Geology) the principle that in a series of stratified sedimentary rocks the lowest stratum is the oldest.

The displacement of any point due to the superposition of wave systems is equal to the sum of the displacements of the individual waves at that point.

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Examples for "superposition"
Examples for "superposition"
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This maximum could be explained by a superposition of two counteracting effects.
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There is no limit to the idea of the superposition of states.
Alice in quantumland: an allegory of quantum physics
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Dose calculation was corrected for density effects with the pencil-beam superposition algorithm.
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It's not an equal superposition of all the things it could be.
Schild’s Ladder
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I can't tell: it's in some kind of superposition of states, Schrödinger's wildcat.
The Rhesus Chart
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It's called the superposition principle of quantum mechanics.
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The superposition principle applies to the Coulomb force.
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