What's the difference between apposition and opposition?

Apposition


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of adding; application; accretion.
  • (n.) The putting of things in juxtaposition, or side by side; also, the condition of being so placed.
  • (n.) The state of two nouns or pronouns, put in the same case, without a connecting word between them; as, I admire Cicero, the orator. Here, the second noun explains or characterizes the first.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Interaction of viable macrophages with cationic particles at 37 degrees C resulted in their "internalization" within vesicles and coated pits and a closer apposition between many segments of plasmalemma than with neutral or anionic substances.
  • (2) Close apposition of macrophages and lymphocytes was observed, and cellular contact was demonstrated.
  • (3) The development of the first molar was examined from the dental lamina stage through apposition.
  • (4) We postulate that the apposition of trophotaenial epithelium to the internal ovarian epithelium constitutes a placental association equivalent to a noninvasive, epithelioform of an inverted yolk sac placenta.
  • (5) Histologic examination of different levels of the nutrient arteries revealed many intraosseous pathologic vascular changes in apposition to the ischemic episode of the femoral head.
  • (6) The tibial shafts of OVX rats compared to SHAM controls showed elevated periosteal mineral apposition rate and endocortical bone formation parameters.
  • (7) 1,25 (OH)2D3 was expected to stimulate mineral apposition rate of alveolar bone on the tension side.
  • (8) Histologic study showed that the growth of transplanted auricular cartilage is achieved jointly by two mechanisms, namely interstitial growth and appositional growth.
  • (9) Bone ingrowth was greatest when hydroxylapatite was in direct apposition to bone.
  • (10) It is an eerily apposite image from the year the outbreak of the Spanish civil war inaugurated a new age of slaughter.
  • (11) Furthermore, after four months of skeletal inactivity, bone mass and other parameters of osseous metabolism, including bone formation and mineral apposition rates were unchanged over summer values.
  • (12) Regions of severe degeneration were characterized by the complete loss of the photoreceptors and apposition of the external limiting membrane to the retinal pigment epithelium.
  • (13) In the present experiments, neurons were plated together in close apposition as pairs or as triads, with the tip of one Retzius cell touching the soma of another.
  • (14) Plasma membranes of ovarian luteal and adrenal cortical cells from "microvillar channels," a unique extracellular compartment formed by the close apposition of flattened microvillar surfaces.
  • (15) Appositional rates were calculated from measurements of distance between fluorescent mineralized tissue markers.
  • (16) The different levels of magnesium in the diets of the cows had no significant effects on the numbers of osteons which were labelled nine weeks, five weeks or one week before parturition, or on the numbers of osteons which took more than one label or on the bone apposition rate.
  • (17) A specific, consistent pattern of bone apposition and resorption was observed after advancement genioplasty.
  • (18) Thus, for implants utilizing direct bone apposition fixation, it appears that of the parameters investigated, implant surface texture is the most significant.
  • (19) The signal for RBC removal: in analogy with a recent model for recognition and removal of oxidant-stressed or senescent RBC, we propose removal of fava bean damaged RBC be mediated by apposition of antiband 3 antibodies and complement C3 fragments, recognized as non-self recognition signal by monocytes and macrophages.
  • (20) Most notably, canaliculi are often present at appositional membranes which are flanked by abundant gap and tight junctions.

Opposition


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of opposing; an attempt to check, restrain, or defeat; resistance.
  • (n.) The state of being placed over against; situation so as to front something else.
  • (n.) Repugnance; contrariety of sentiment, interest, or purpose; antipathy.
  • (n.) That which opposes; an obstacle; specifically, the aggregate of persons or things opposing; hence, in politics and parliamentary practice, the party opposed to the party in power.
  • (n.) The situation of a heavenly body with respect to another when in the part of the heavens directly opposite to it; especially, the position of a planet or satellite when its longitude differs from that of the sun 180¡; -- signified by the symbol /; as, / / /, opposition of Jupiter to the sun.
  • (n.) The relation between two propositions when, having the same subject and predicate, they differ in quantity, or in quality, or in both; or between two propositions which have the same matter but a different form.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) "Zayani reportedly cited the political sensitivity of naturalising Sunni expatriates and wanted to avoid provoking the opposition," the embassy said.
  • (2) A triphasic pattern was evident for the neck moments including a small phase which represented a seating of the headform on the nodding blocks of the uppermost ATD neck segment, and two larger phases of opposite polarity which represented the motion of the head relative to the trunk during the first 350 ms after impact.
  • (3) Eye movements which were either complementary or in opposition to the induced vestibular nystagmus were produced with an optokinetic drum.
  • (4) Enamel was exclusively present opposite well developed dentine.
  • (5) She knows you can’t force the opposition to submit to your point of view.
  • (6) Problems associated with school-based clinics include vehement opposition to sex education, financing, and the sheer magnitude of the adolescents' health needs.
  • (7) Environment groups Environment groups that have strongly backed low-carbon power have barely wavered in their opposition to nuclear in the last decade, although their arguments now are now much about the cost than the danger it might pose.
  • (8) 10 women in the study developed carcinoma in the same or opposite breast within 16-20 years, a rate of incidence 480% greater than among the general population of women of the same age.
  • (9) To understand the reason for the opposite effect of the molar ratio observed at the middle of and at four residues away from the lysine-rich sequence, actual cross-linked residue(s) was (were) determined by subjecting cross-linked product to a protein sequencer.
  • (10) Effective medical or surgical therapy increased DAO activity and decreased CDAI, while clinical recurrence had the opposite effect.
  • (11) Hfr strains B4 and B8 transfer the Escherichia coli chromosome in opposite directions, each transferring lac(+) as the last known marker.
  • (12) Others said it might appeal to Russia, Assad's chief ally, which backs talks between the regime and the opposition.
  • (13) The ruling centre-right coalition government of Angela Merkel was dealt a blow by voters in a critical regional election on Sunday after the centre-left opposition secured a wafer-thin victory, setting the scene for a tension-filled national election in the autumn when everything will be up for grabs.
  • (14) Application of a mirror at the serosal surface opposite to the probe, resulted in an average increase of the output signal by 50% using the large fibre diameter probe, whereas no increase was observed with the small fibre probe.
  • (15) Her speech suggested the kind of Republican who would truly "raise the conversation", and if it seems like settling to want an opposition party to simply not be so utterly vindictive, well, yes, I will settle for that.
  • (16) 2) Left-right PHR coherence spectra had no distinct peaks, indicating that correlations between opposite PHR discharges were now not frequency specific.
  • (17) What we see from those opposite and we see in this chamber every day is the 'born to rule mentality' of those opposite.
  • (18) Of those, 39 were civilians, 34 armed opposition fighters and 35 members of the state security forces, said the UK-based group.
  • (19) Opposition politicians such as Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam and Chee Soon Juan , brought low for daring to disagree.
  • (20) A property may be considered overcrowded if two children above 10 of the opposite sex have to share the same bedroom.