adjective
- capable of being placed on top of another object so that all parts coincide exactly
Usage: mathematics; geometry
Examples
- The two triangles are superposable, meaning they have identical shape and size.
- In geometry class, we learned that superposable figures can be perfectly overlapped.
- The mirror images of some molecules are not superposable on each other.
- These two circles are superposable because they have the same radius.
- The teacher demonstrated that superposable shapes are congruent.
- Two identical squares cut from paper are superposable.