| appositio |
| ap-po-sit'-i-o | L. ad “near” and positio “placement” |
| appositum | |
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| apposition |
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Addition of an adjacent, coordinate, explanatory or descriptive element. | |
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| Albert Einstein, perhaps the greatest of scientists, seemed not to have mastered the physics of hair combing. | ||
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| Sources: | Primary sources Quintilian 8.6.40-43 ("appositum") ; Despauterius ("appositio") 17-18 | |
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