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
- 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.
- noun The relationship between such nouns or noun phrases.
- noun The quality of being side by side, apposed instead of opposed, next to each other.
- noun A placing of two things side by side, or the fitting together of two things.
deposition — full definition
- noun The formal removal of someone from a position of power or office.
- noun A formal, sworn statement of testimony given outside a courtroom, usually during legal proceedings.
- noun The natural process by which material such as sediment, snow, or frost settles or builds up somewhere.