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English Dictionary: juxtaposition by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
juxtaposition
n
  1. the act of positioning close together (or side by side); "it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors"
    Synonym(s): juxtaposition, apposition, collocation
  2. a side-by-side position
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Juxtaposition \Jux`ta*po*si"tion\, n. [L. juxta near + positio
      position: cf. F. juxtaposition. See {Just}, v. i., and
      {Position}.]
      A placing or being placed in nearness or contiguity, or side
      by side; as, a juxtaposition of words.
  
               Parts that are united by a a mere juxtaposition.
                                                                              --Glanvill.
  
               Juxtaposition is a very unsafe criterion of continuity.
                                                                              --Hare.
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