ap·po·si·tion ( p  -z sh n)n. 1. Grammar a. A construction in which a noun or noun phrase is placed with another as an explanatory equivalent, both having the same syntactic relation to the other elements in the sentence; for example, Copley and the painter in The painter Copley was born in Boston. b. The relationship between such nouns or noun phrases. 2. A placing side by side or next to each other. 3. Biology The growth of successive layers of a cell wall. [Middle English apposicioun, from Latin appositi  , appositin-, from appositus, past participle of appnere, to put near; see apposite.]ap po·sition·al adj.ap po·sition·al·ly adv. |
apposition [ˌæpəˈzɪʃən]
n
1. a putting into juxtaposition
2. (Linguistics / Grammar) a grammatical construction in which a word, esp a noun phrase, is placed after another to modify its meaning
3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) Biology growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposition of successive layers of material Compare intussusception [2]
appositional adj
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| Noun | 1. | apposition - a grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows; "`Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer' is an example of apposition" limiting, qualifying, modification - the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase |
| 2. | apposition - (biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms growing, growth, ontogenesis, ontogeny, maturation, development - (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level; "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children" | |
| 3. |  apposition - the act of positioning close together (or side by side); "it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors"locating, positioning, emplacement, location, placement, position - the act of putting something in a certain place tessellation - the careful juxtaposition of shapes in a pattern; "a tessellation of hexagons" |
Translations
apposition
n → Apposition f, → Beifügung f; A is in apposition to B, A and B are in apposition → A ist eine Apposition zu B
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