circumposition

noun3

1. •
   The act of positioning something around something else; or the state of being so positioned

   • Ho and Boothroyd (1979) studied the intraposition of a peg into a hole and the circumposition of a part with a hole onto a peg. — 2007
2. •
   The act of circumposing.
3. •
   A pair of adpositions that occur on either side of the complement

   • Ardestani has some postpositions: da "in," rd "for," and circumpositions: az.... da "from," pes... da "before," etc. — 1982