| DECOMPOSITION | • decomposition n. A biological process through which organic material is reduced to e.g. compost. • decomposition n. The act of taking something apart, e.g. for analysis. • decomposition n. The splitting (of e.g. a matrix, an atom, or a compound) into constituent parts. |
| EXTRAPOSITION | • extraposition n. (Linguistics) The movement of an element from its normal place to one at the end, or near the end, of a sentence. • EXTRAPOSITION n. the act of extraposing. |
| INDISPOSITION | • indisposition n. A mild illness, the state of being indisposed. • indisposition n. A state of not being disposed to do something; disinclination; unwillingness. • indisposition n. A bad mood or disposition. |
| INFRAPOSITION | • infraposition n. A situation or position beneath. • INFRAPOSITION n. the state of being placed below something else. |
| INTERPOSITION | • interposition n. The act of interposing, or the state of being interposed; a being, placing, or coming between; mediation. • interposition n. The thing interposed. • INTERPOSITION n. the act of interposing. |
| JUXTAPOSITION | • juxtaposition n. The nearness of objects with little or no delimiter. • juxtaposition n. The extra emphasis given to a comparison when the contrasted objects are close together. • juxtaposition v. To place in juxtaposition. |
| NONDEPOSITION | • nondeposition n. A failure to deposit or throw down. • NONDEPOSITION n. something that is not a deposition. |
| RECOMPOSITION | • recomposition n. Composition again or anew; the process or result of recomposing. • RECOMPOSITION n. the act of recomposing. |
| REDISPOSITION | • redisposition n. Readjustment; the act of redisposing. • REDISPOSITION n. a new disposition. |
| SUPERPOSITION | • superposition n. The placing of one thing on top of another. • superposition n. (Geology) The deposition of one stratum over another; the principle that in a series of sedimentary… • superposition n. (Quantum mechanics) The situation in quantum mechanics where two or more quantum states are added together… |
| TRANSPOSITION | • transposition n. (Especially mathematics) The act or process of transposing or interchanging. • transposition n. (Music) A shift of a piece of music to a different musical key by adjusting all the notes of the work… • transposition n. (Chess) A sequence of moves resulting in a position that may also be reached by another, more common sequence. |