circumposition
Syllables: cir·cum·po·si·tion/ˌsɜːkəmpəˈzɪʃən/US/ˌsɜɹkəmpəˈzɪʃən/
circumposition noun: the act of positioning something around something else; or the state of being so positioned.
Noun
circumposition (countable and uncountable, plural circumpositions)
- 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
- 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
- The act of circumposing.
circumposition meaning in Tamil and Bengali
circumposition in Tamil
- சூழவைத்தல்
circumposition in Bengali
- চারপাশে স্থাপন করার কাজ
Forms of circumposition
| plural | circumpositions |
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Origin of circumposition
From circum- + position. From Latin circumpositio, from circumpōno (“to put round”).
Words formed from circumposition
Words that rhyme with circumposition
- partition
- position
- proposition
- transition
- mission
- condition
- commission
- transmission
- addition
- admission
- attrition
- expedition
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- remission
- rendition
- exhibition
- submission
- ignition
- inhibition
- inquisition
- intromission
- magician
- omission
- suspicion
- tradition
- dentition
- edition
- patrician
- politician
- tuition
- acquisition
- decommission
- fission
- nutrition
- perdition
- permission
- phonetician
- prohibition
- superposition
- volition
- academician
- aesthetician
- Apician
- clinician
- coalition
- disquisition
- emission
- fruition
- Galician
- on a mission
- optician
- postposition
- premonition
- recommission
- retransition
- sedition
- superstition
- titian
- abligurition
- admonition
- adposition
Questions about circumposition
- What does circumposition mean?
- Circumposition means the act of positioning something around something else; or the state of being so positioned.
- What is circumposition in Tamil?
- Circumposition in Tamil is சூழவைத்தல். See Circumposition meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is circumposition?
- Circumposition is a noun.
- How do you pronounce circumposition?
- Circumposition is pronounced /ˌsɜɹkəmpəˈzɪʃən/ (US).
- What is the plural of circumposition?
- The plural of circumposition is circumpositions.
Words near circumposition in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: circumposition (page history and authors); circumposition (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); circumposition (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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