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superpositioned

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English

Etymology

From super- + positioned.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

superpositioned (not comparable)

  1. positioned on top of another
    • 2006, Jack A. Tuszynski, The Emerging Physics of Consciousness, page 28:
      When, for instance, we observe a Geiger counter (or when we open Schrödinger's box and take a look) the superpositioned states seem to have been collapsed into a singular state (the cat is either dead or alive).
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