The best instrument I have as yet contrived and used for optical superimposition is a "double-image prism" of Iceland spar (see Fig.
As a result of this reflection of cit on buddhi and the superimposition of the buddhi the puru.sa cannot realize that the transformations of the buddhi are not its own.
Thus when we try to know the ajñâna states in themselves as apart from the âtman we fail in a dilemma, for knowledge means illusory superimposition or illusion, and when it is not knowledge they evidently cannot be known.
Nor also can such a being be subject to error resting on superimposition; for error and superimposition both are of the nature of change.
Now here we must raise the question as to the nature of that approximation or nearness of Prakriti which causes the superimposition on the changeless soul of the attributes of Prakriti.
Nor is it possible that superimposition and the like should take place in the soul only if it is in approximation to Prakriti.
And if, finally, the nearness of Prakriti means no more than its existence, it follows that even the released soul would be liable to that superimposition (for Prakriti exists always).
For by superimposition we understand the attribution, on the part of an intelligent being, of the qualities of one thing to another thing; and this is the doing of an intelligent being, and moreover a change.
Others, again, define superimpositionas the error founded on the non-apprehension of the difference of that which is superimposed from that on which it is superimposed.
That human cognitional activity has for its presupposition the superimposition described above), follows also from the non-difference in that respect of men from animals.
But all these definitions agree in so far as they represent superimposition as the apparent presentation of the attributes of one thing in another thing.
That by superimposition we have to understand the notion of something in some other thing we have already explained.
Some indeed define the term 'superimposition' as the superimposition of the attributes of one thing on another thing.
The superimposition of the Non-Self will be understood more definitely from the following examples.
Has the superimposition of images upon the sensitized plate no likeness to those endless superimpositions of heredity out of which every individuality must shape itself?
Everywhere I went during that brief visit home I was struck by change, by the crumbling and decay of institutions that once had held me in thrall, by the superimposition of a new order that as yet had assumed no definite character.
It is therefore chiefly in the latter direction that we may expect to find examples of incomplete adjustment following superimposition and capture.
It is by such tests as these that we may hope to recognize the occurrence of partial adjustment in the streams of the Watchung crescent as a result of their superimposition on the Triassic formation from its former Cretaceous cover.
The only method now known by which these several doubly transverse streams could have been established in the not too distant past, is by superimposition from the Cretaceous cover that was laid upon the old Schooley peneplain.
The method of superimpositionis virtually employed in all competitive struggle.
The method of superimpositionas a test of progress, 127.
Superimposition of the Susquehanna on two synclinal ridges.
The hypothesis of superimposition may therefore be regarded as having advanced beyond the stage of mere suggestion and as having gained some degree of confirmation from the correlations that it detects and explains.
This superimposition is seen in its simplest form in the interior shafts of a Greek temple; and it has been largely used in nearly all countries where buildings have been meant for real service.
In churches and other buildings in which there is no separation by floors, another kind of pure shaft superimposition is often used, in order to enable the builder to avail himself of short and slender shafts.
Be that as it may, the arrangement of the nave pier in the form of a cross accompanies the superimposition of the vaulting shaft; together with corresponding grouping of minor shafts in doorways and apertures of windows.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "superimposition" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: coating; eclipse; envelopment; hiding; incrustation; occultation; sheathing; upholstery; wrapping
