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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Juxtaposition

/(jŭks`tȧ*pō̇*zĭsh"ŭn)/ · Jux·ta·po·si·tion · IPA /ˌd͡ʒʌk.stə.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/
01 n. A placing or being placed in nearness or contiguity, or side by side; as, a juxtaposition of words.
  1. 1.
    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.