Apposition — Ap po*si tion, n. [L. appositio, fr. apponere: cf. F. apposition. See {Apposite}.] 1. The act of adding; application; accretion. [1913 Webster] It grows . . . by the apposition of new matter. Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] 2. The putting of things in… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Apposition — The word apposition has several senses including the act of adding or accretion and also the putting of things in juxtaposition, or side by side. Growth by apposition is a mode of growth that is characteristic of many tissues in the body by which … Medical dictionary
apposition — appositional, adj. appositionally, adv. /ap euh zish euhn/, n. 1. the act of placing together or bringing into proximity; juxtaposition. 2. the addition or application of one thing to another thing. 3. Gram. a syntactic relation between… … Universalium
apposition — n. [L. ad, to; ponere, to put] 1. Juxtaposition. 2. The growth of a structure by the successive deposition of layers on its outside; see intussusception … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
reptile — reptilelike, adj. reptiloid /rep tl oyd /, adj. /rep til, tuyl/, n. 1. any cold blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia, comprising the turtles, snakes, lizards, crocodilians, amphisbaenians, tuatara, and various extinct members including the… … Universalium
A. Roberto Frisancho — articleissues Cleanup=March 2008 advert=February 2008 orphan=March 2008A. Roberto Frisancho is a human biologist and the Arthur A. Thurnau Professor of Anthropology at the University of Michigan. He is the 2008 recipient of the Franz Boas… … Wikipedia
insect — insectival /in sek tuy veuhl/, adj. /in sekt/, n. 1. any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two… … Universalium
Arthropod eye — Anatomy of the compound eye of an insect The arthropods ancestrally possessed compound eyes, but the type and origin of this eye varies between groups, and some taxa have secondarily developed simple eyes. The organ s development through the… … Wikipedia
Tyrannosaurus — T. rex redirects here. For other uses, see T. rex (disambiguation). Bilateria Tyrannosaurus rex Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 67–65.5 Ma … Wikipedia
LINGUISTIC LITERATURE, HEBREW — This article is arranged according to the following outline: introduction foreword the beginning of linguistic literature linguistic literature and its background the development of linguistic literature Foreword: A Well Defined Unit the four… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
