superincumbencyn.
/ˌsuːp(ə)rᵻnˈkʌmb(ə)nsi/, /ˌsjuːp(ə)rᵻnˈkʌmb(ə)nsi/, U.S. /ˌsupərᵻnˈkəmbənsi/, /ˌsupərɪŋˈkəmbənsi/ rare.
= superincumbence n.
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the world > matter > physics > mechanics > force > [noun] > pressure > action or fact of pressing upon
weighing1398
impressure1649
supergravitation1664
superincumbency1666
superincumbence1698
incumbition1760
impressment1866
1666 R. Boyle Hydrostatical Paradoxes iii. 87 The Proposition ought to hold..in all Bodyes..(perhaps some of them joyn'd together only by their superincumbency upon one another).
1716 Philos. Trans. & Coll. to 1700 III. i. 144 The upper part of that Vein being compress'd by the superincumbency of the lower part of that Kidney.
1842 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 137/2 The obscure sense of being or moving under a vast superincumbency of some great natural power.
1904 Jrnl. Hamilton Sci. Assoc. 21 160 Glaciation, or the superincumbency of an ice-covering of vast thickness and immense pressure, in an age long since past.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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