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 mere juxtaposition. Glanvill.

Juxtaposition is a very unsafe criterion of continuity. Hare.

 

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