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apposition
(encz) | apposition,apozice n: Zdeněk Brož |
apposition
(encz) | apposition,slovní přístavek Zdeněk Brož |
Apposition
(gcide) | Apposition \Ap`po*si"tion\, n. [L. appositio, fr. apponere: cf.
F. apposition. See Apposite.]
1. The act of adding; application; accretion.
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It grows . . . by the apposition of new matter.
--Arbuthnot.
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2. The putting of things in juxtaposition, or side by side;
also, the condition of being so placed.
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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.
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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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apposition
(wn) | apposition
n 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, apposition, collocation] |
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apposition
(encz) | apposition,apozice n: Zdeněk Brožapposition,slovní přístavek Zdeněk Brož |
in apposition
(encz) | in apposition, adv: |
Appositional
(gcide) | Appositional \Ap`po*si"tion*al\, a.
Pertaining to apposition; put in apposition syntactically.
--Ellicott.
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Growth by apposition
(gcide) | Apposition \Ap`po*si"tion\, n. [L. appositio, fr. apponere: cf.
F. apposition. See Apposite.]
1. The act of adding; application; accretion.
[1913 Webster]
It grows . . . by the apposition of new matter.
--Arbuthnot.
[1913 Webster]
2. The putting of things in juxtaposition, or side by side;
also, the condition of being so placed.
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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.
[1913 Webster]
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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apposition
(wn) | apposition
n 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, apposition, collocation] |
appositional
(wn) | appositional
adj 1: relating to or being in apposition; "an appositive noun"
[syn: appositional, appositive] |
in apposition
(wn) | in apposition
adv 1: in an appositive manner; "this adjective is used
appositively" [syn: appositively, in apposition] |
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