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Webster 1913 Edition
Circumposition
Cirˊcum-po-si′tion
,Noun.
[L.
circumpositio
, fr. circumponere
, - positium
, to place around.] The act of placing in a circle, or round about, or the state of being so placed.
Evelyn.
Webster 1828 Edition
Circumposition
CIRCUMPOSITION
,Noun.
Definition 2024
circumposition
circumposition
English
Noun
circumposition (plural circumpositions)
- (chiefly technical) The act of positioning something around something else; or the state of being so positioned
- (linguistics) A pair of adpositions that occur on either side of the complement
- The act of circumposing.
Derived terms
Related terms
- adposition
- ambiposition
- circumpose
- infraposition
- interposition
- intraposition
- postposition
- preposition
- superposition
References
- J[ohn] A. Simpson and E[dward] S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ISBN 978-0-19-861186-8.