Overview of noun principle_of_superposition

The noun principle of superposition has 2 senses

• principle of superposition, superposition principle, superposition -- ((geology) the principle that in a series of stratified sedimentary rocks the lowest stratum is the oldest)


• principle of superposition, Huygens' principle of superposition -- (the displacement of any point due to the superposition of wave systems is equal to the sum of the displacements of the individual waves at that point; "the principle of superposition is the basis of the wave theory of light")