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interposition

N การ สอดแทรก  การคั่น กลาง  interruption kan-sod-seak

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INTERPOSITION

n.[L. interpositio.] 1. A being, placing or coming between; intervention; as the interposition of the Baltic sea between Germany and Sweden. The interposition of the moon between the earth and the sun occasions a solar eclipse.
2. Intervenient agency; as the interposition of the magistrate in quieting sedition. How many evidences have we of divine interposition in favor of good men!
3. Mediation; agency between parties. By the interposition of a common friend, the parties have been reconciled.
4. Any thing interposed.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

INTERPOSITION

In `ter *po *si "tion, n. Etym: [L. interpositio a putting between, insertion, fr. interponere, interpositum: cf. F. interposition. See Interpone, Position. ]

 

1. The act of interposing, or the state of being interposed; a being, placing, or coming between; mediation.

 

2. The thing interposed.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

interposition

in ter po si tion |ˌintərpəˈziSHən ˌɪn (t )ərpəˈzɪʃən | noun the action of interposing someone or something: the interposition of members between tiers of management. interference: prevented from taking your life by the interposition of your wife. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin interpositio (n- ), from the verb interponere (see interpose ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

interposition

inter |pos ¦ition |ɪntəpəˈzɪʃ (ə )n | noun [ mass noun ] the action of interposing someone or something: the interposition of members between tiers of management. interference or intervention. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin interpositio (n- ), from the verb interponere (see interpose ).

 

Duden Dictionary

Interposition

In ter po si ti on Substantiv, feminin Medizin , die |Interpositi o n |die Interposition; Genitiv: der Interposition, Plural: die Interpositionen 1 Lagerung von Weichteilen zwischen Knochenbruchstücken 2 operative Einlagerung der Gebärmutter zwischen Blase und vorderer Scheidenwand bei Scheidenvorfall