superpositioned

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From super- +‎ positioned.

Adjective[edit]

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).