superimposition
nounEtymology From super- + imposition.
› The process, or the result of superimposing.
1
The placing of one image on top of another, especially placing a photograph over some other graphic; an image thus placed.
- Near-synonym: (superimposable image) diapositive
2
Human sciences, Philosophy, Sciences The building of ontological categories of a higher level on top of categories of a lower level.
- Derived terms
- superimpositional
- Related terms
- superimpose, superinformation