POSTPOSITION

[post.po.si.tion] n [F, fr. postposer to place after, fr. L postponere (perf. indic. postposui)] (ca. 1638): the placing of a grammatical element after a word to which it is primarily related in a sentence; also: such a word or particle esp. when functioning as a preposition -- post.po.si.tion.al adj -- post.po.si.tion.al.ly adv