n.
Pronunciation: ˌ a-p ə - ' zi-sh ə n
Function: noun
Date: 15th century
1 a : a grammatical construction in which two usually adjacent nouns having the same referent stand in the same syntactical relation to the rest of a sentence (as the poet and Burns in “ a biography of the poet Burns ” ) b : the relation of one of such a pair of nouns or noun equivalents to the other
2 a : an act or instance of apposing specifically : the deposition of successive layers upon those already present (as in cell walls) b : the state of being apposed
– ap · po · si · tion · al \ - ' zish-n ə l, - ' zi-sh ə -n ə l \ adjective