Sū-per-po-sĭ'tion, n.

noun

(po-zĭsh'un), n. [Prefix super and position; Fr. superposition. See supra.]

  1. The act of superposing; a being placed or situated above or upon something; as, the superposition of rocks.
  2. The state of being superposed; that which is situated above or upon something else.