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circumpositions

circumpositions is the plural of circumposition.

Meaning of circumposition

Noun

circumposition (countable and uncountable, plural circumpositions)

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. The act of circumposing.

Questions about circumpositions

What is circumpositions the plural of?
Circumpositions is the plural of circumposition.

Words near circumpositions in the dictionary

  1. circumposed
  2. circumposes
  3. circumposing
  4. circumposition
  5. circumpositional
  6. circumpositions
  7. circumprimary
  8. circumpromontorial
  9. circumpubertal
  10. circumpulpal
  11. circumpulsar

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