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(geology) the principle that in a series of stratified sedimentary rocks the lowest stratum is the oldest |  | source: wordnet30
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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 | | Example: the principle of superposition is the basis of the wave theory of light
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