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ap·po·si·tion 
[ap-uh-zish-uhn] Pronunciation Key
[ap-uh-zish-uhn] Pronunciation Key –noun
| 1. | the act of placing together or bringing into proximity; juxtaposition. |
| 2. | the addition or application of one thing to another thing. |
| 3. | Grammar. a syntactic relation between expressions, usually consecutive, that have the same function and the same relation to other elements in the sentence, the second expression identifying or supplementing the first. In Washington, our first president, the phrase our first president is in apposition with Washington. |
| 4. | Biology. growth of a cell wall by the deposition of new particles in layers on the wall. Compare intussusception (def. 2). |
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| ap·po·si·tion
(āp'ə-zĭsh'ən) Pronunciation Key
n.
[Middle English apposicioun, from Latin appositiō, appositiōn-, from appositus, past participle of appōnere, to put near; see apposite.] ap'po·si'tion·al adj., ap'po·si'tion·al·ly adv. |
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| apposition | |
noun | |
| 1. | a grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows; "'Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer' is an example of apposition" |
| 2. | (biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material |
| 3. | the act of positioning close together (or side by side); "it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors" [syn: juxtaposition] |
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American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
ap'po·si'tion·al adj.
ap'po·si'tion·al·ly adv.
apposition ap·po·si·tion (āp'ə-zĭsh'ən)
n.
- The putting in contact of two parts or substances.
- The condition of being placed or fitted together.
- The growth of successive layers of a cell wall.
ap'po·si'tion·al adj.
ap'po·si'tion·al·ly adv.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Apposition
Ap`po*si"tion\, n. [L. appositio, fr. apponere: cf. F. apposition. See Apposite.]1. The act of adding; application; accretion. It grows . . . by the apposition of new matter. --Arbuthnot. 2. The putting of things in juxtaposition, or side by side; also, the condition of being so placed. 3. (Gram.) The state of two nouns or pronouns, put in the same case, without a connecting word between them; as, I admire Cicero, the orator. Here, the second noun explains or characterizes the first. Growth by apposition (Physiol.), a mode of growth characteristic of non vascular tissues, in which nutritive matter from the blood is transformed on the surface of an organ into solid unorganized substance.
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