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S: (n) superposition ((geology) the deposition of one geological stratum on another)

S: (n) principle of superposition, superposition principle, superposition ((geology) the principle that in a series of stratified sedimentary rocks the lowest stratum is the oldest)
S: (n) superposition ((geometry) the placement of one object ideally in the position of another one in order to show that the two coincide)

S: (n) geometry (the pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces)

S: (n) affine geometry (the geometry of affine transformations)
S: (n) elementary geometry, parabolic geometry, Euclidean geometry ((mathematics) geometry based on Euclid's axioms)
S: (n) fractal geometry ((mathematics) the geometry of fractals) "Benoit Mandelbrot pioneered fractal geometry"
S: (n) non-Euclidean geometry ((mathematics) geometry based on axioms different from Euclid's) "non-Euclidean geometries discard or replace one or more of the Euclidean axioms"
S: (n) spherical geometry ((mathematics) the geometry of figures on the surface of a sphere)
S: (n) analytic geometry, analytical geometry, coordinate geometry (the use of algebra to study geometric properties; operates on symbols defined in a coordinate system)
S: (n) plane geometry (the geometry of 2-dimensional figures)
S: (n) solid geometry (the geometry of 3-dimensional space)
S: (n) projective geometry, descriptive geometry (the geometry of properties that remain invariant under projection)