Dictionary entry

Juxtaposition

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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. Glanvill.

Juxtaposition is a very unsafe criterion of continuity. Hare.