act of placing side by side (especially in order to compare)
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Juxtaposition Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. i.)
A placing or being placed in nearness or contiguity, or side by side; as, a juxtaposition of words.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA placing or being placed in nearness or contiguity, or side by side; as, a juxtaposition of words.
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. juxtaposition is a very unsafe criterion of continuity.
juxtaposition
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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
Noun
1. the act of positioning close together (or side by side); "it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors"
(synonym) apposition, collocation
(hypernym) placement, location, locating, position, positioning, emplacement
(hyponym) tessellation
(derivation) juxtapose
2. a side-by-side position
(hypernym) position, place
(derivation) juxtapose
Juxtaposition Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Juxtaposition is the placement of two things (usually abstract concepts, though it can refer to physical objects) near each other.
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