juxtaposition
n.
act of placing side by side (especially in order to compare)
Juxtaposition
juxtaposition
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 (f)
n.
juxtaposition, act of placing side by side (especially in order to compare)
Juxtaposition
(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.
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