circumposition
nounUS /ˌsɜɹkəmpəˈzɪʃən/ · UK /ˌsɜːkəmpəˈzɪʃən/
Etymology From circum- + position. From Latin circumpositio, from circumpōno (“to put round”).
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Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, 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.2007, T. Lim et al., “Factors affecting user performance in haptic assembly”, in Virtual Reality, volume 11, number 4:
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Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences 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.1982, Ehsan Yar-Shater, Encyclopaedia Iranica, volume 2, page 388:
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The act of circumposing.
- Derived terms
- circumpositional
- Related terms
- adposition, ambiposition, circumpose, infraposition, interposition, intraposition, postposition, preposition, superposition