Circumposition

Origin

- + position. From Latin circumpositio, from circumpōno ("I put round").

Full definition of circumposition

Noun

1. (chiefly technical) The act of positioning something around something else; or the state of being so positioned
• 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. (linguistics) A pair of adpositions that occur on either side of the complement
• Ardestani has some postpositions: da "in," rd "for," and circumpositions: az.... da "from," pes... da "before," etc.
3. The act of circumposing.

Derived terms

• circumpositional

Related terms

• adposition
• ambiposition
• circumpose
• infraposition
• interposition
• intraposition
• postposition
• preposition
• superposition