appositio

ap-po-sit'-i-o
L. ad "near" and positio "placement"
appositum
apposition

Definition

Addition of an adjacent, coordinate, explanatory or descriptive element.

Examples

Albert Einstein, perhaps the greatest of scientists, seemed not to have mastered the physics of hair combing.

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See Also

Sources:
Quintilian 8.6.40-43 ("appositum"); Despauterius ("appositio") 17-18