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Circumposition

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of positioning something around something else; or the state of being so positioned countable, uncountable

    "Ho and Boothroyd (1979) studied the intraposition of a peg into a hole and the circumposition of a part with a hole onto a peg."

  2. 2
    A pair of adpositions that occur on either side of the complement countable, uncountable

    "Ardestani has some postpositions: da "in," rd "for," and circumpositions: az.... da "from," pes... da "before," etc."

  3. 3
    The act of circumposing. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From circum- + position. From Latin circumpositio, from circumpōno (“I put round”).

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