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.
© Webster 1913.