circumposition

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US/ˌsɜɹkəmpəˈzɪʃən/UK/ˌsɜːkəmpəˈzɪʃən/

noun

The act of positioning something around something else; or the state of being so positioned

OriginLatin circumpositio →
Scrabble 22
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Meanings

nouncircumposition (countable and uncountable, plural circumpositions)

plural circumpositions

  1. countableuncountableengineeringThe act of positioning something around something else; or the state of being so positioned

    Ho and Boothroyd (1979) studied the intraposition of a peg into a hole and the circumposition of a part with a hole onto a peg.

    2007, T. Lim et al., “Factors affecting user performance in haptic assembly”, in Virtual Reality, volume 11, number 4
  2. countableuncountablehuman sciencesA pair of adpositions that occur on either side of the complement

    Ardestani has some postpositions: da "in," rd "for," and circumpositions: az.... da "from," pes... da "before," etc.

    1982, Ehsan Yar-Shater, Encyclopaedia Iranica, volume 2, page 388
  3. countableuncountableThe act of circumposing.

Origin

  1. Latincircumpositio
  2. Englishcircumposition

From circum- + position. From Latin circumpositio, from circumpōno (“to put round”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with circumposition

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APA

circumposition. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/circumposition

MLA

“circumposition.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/circumposition. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “circumposition,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/circumposition.

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