Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

superposable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
su-per-pos-able
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Able to be superposed in such a way as to coincide exactly

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English pose English superpose Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English superposable From superpose + -able.

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What does superposable mean?
Able to be superposed in such a way as to coincide exactly
Where does superposable come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English pose English superpose Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English superposable From superpose + -able.

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