apposition
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British pronunciation
/ɐpəzˈɪʃən/

Definition und Bedeutung von „apposition“ im Englischen

Apposition
01

the action of placing two or more things close together or side by side

example
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The sculpture 's beauty comes from the apposition of contrasting shapes.
Apposition of colors can enhance the overall harmony of the composition.
02

(in biology) the process by which a cell wall thickens through the sequential deposition of layers of material

example
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Secondary cell wall formation occurs by apposition in plant xylem.
The biologist observed apposition of cellulose layers under the microscope.
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Apposition, Beifügung

(grammar) the use of two adjacent noun phrases having the same referent that have the same syntactical role in a sentence
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In linguistics, apposition refers to a grammatical construction where two elements, usually noun phrases, are placed side by side, with one element serving to define or modify the other.
In der Linguistik bezieht sich die Apposition auf eine grammatikalische Konstruktion, bei der zwei Elemente, normalerweise Nominalphrasen, nebeneinander gestellt werden, wobei ein Element dazu dient, das andere zu definieren oder zu modifizieren.
The phrase " Alice, the team leader, addressed the meeting " uses apposition to provide more information about Alice.
Der Satz "Alice, die Teamleiterin, sprach die Versammlung an" verwendet die Apposition, um mehr Informationen über Alice zu geben.
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