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Apposition
01
the action of placing two or more things close together or side by side
Ejemplos
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
Ejemplos
Secondary cell wall formation occurs by apposition in plant xylem.
The biologist observed apposition of cellulose layers under the microscope.
03
aposición
(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.
En lingüística, la aposición se refiere a una construcción gramatical donde dos elementos, generalmente frases nominales, se colocan uno al lado del otro, con un elemento que sirve para definir o modificar al otro.
The phrase " Alice, the team leader, addressed the meeting " uses apposition to provide more information about Alice.
La frase "Alice, la líder del equipo, se dirigió a la reunión" usa la aposición para proporcionar más información sobre Alice.
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