apposition

Noun
  1. A grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows (synset 113823429)
    "`Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer' is an example of apposition"
    is a type of: limiting, modification, qualifying - the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase
  2. (biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material (synset 113455121)
    referred to in: biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms
    is a type of: development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny - (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
  3. The act of positioning close together (or side by side) (synset 101053725)
    "it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors"
    is a type of: emplacement, locating, location, placement, position, positioning - the act of putting something in a certain place
    subtypes: tessellation - the careful juxtaposition of shapes in a pattern
    same as: collocation, juxtaposition

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