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kerrostuminen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • apposition noun A construction in which one noun or noun phrase is placed with another as an explanatory equivalent, both of them having the same syntactic function in the sentence.
  • deposition noun The formal removal of someone from a position of power or office.
  • stratification noun The process leading to the formation or deposition of layers, especially of sedimentary rocks.

Senses

kerrostuminen is used for these senses in English:

  • accretion (geology) The process by which material is added to a geological feature; specifically, to a tectonic plate at a subduction zone.
  • apposition (biology) The growth of successive layers of a cell wall.
  • deposition The act of depositing material, especially by a natural process; the resultant deposit.
  • stratification The process leading to the formation or deposition of layers, especially of sedimentary rocks.

apposition — full definition

  1. noun A construction in which one noun or noun phrase is placed with another as an explanatory equivalent, both of them having the same syntactic function in the sentence.
  2. noun The relationship between such nouns or noun phrases.
  3. noun The quality of being side by side, apposed instead of opposed, next to each other.
  4. noun A placing of two things side by side, or the fitting together of two things.

deposition — full definition

  1. noun The formal removal of someone from a position of power or office.
  2. noun A formal, sworn statement of testimony given outside a courtroom, usually during legal proceedings.
  3. noun The natural process by which material such as sediment, snow, or frost settles or builds up somewhere.

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