apposition

英 [æpə'zɪʃ(ə)n] 美['æpə'zɪʃən]

• n. 并置，同格；同位语

1. a grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows;

"`Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer' is an example of apposition"

2. (biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material

3. the act of positioning close together (or side by side);

"it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors"