Hypertext Webster Gateway: "juxtaposition"
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
juxtaposition
n 1: the act of positioning close together (or side by side); "it
is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting
colors" [syn: {apposition}]
2: a side-by-side position
Additional Hypertext Webster Gateway Lookup
Gateway by dict@stokkie.net
stock only wrote the gateway and does not have any control over the contents;
see the Webster Gateway FAQ,
and also the Back-end/database links and credits.