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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
principle of superposition
    n 1: (geology) the principle that in a series of stratified
         sedimentary rocks the lowest stratum is the oldest [syn:
         principle of superposition, superposition principle,
         superposition]
    2: 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; "the principle of
       superposition is the basis of the wave theory of light" [syn:
       principle of superposition, Huygens' principle of
       superposition]

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