(Geology) the principle that in a series of stratified sedimentary rocks the lowest stratum is the oldest.
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Examples for "superposition"
Examples for "superposition"
1This maximum could be explained by a superposition of two counteracting effects.
2There is no limit to the idea of the superposition of states.
3Dose calculation was corrected for density effects with the pencil-beam superposition algorithm.
4It's not an equal superposition of all the things it could be.
5I can't tell: it's in some kind of superposition of states, Schrödinger's wildcat.
1It's called the superposition principle of quantum mechanics.
2The superposition principle applies to the Coulomb force.