the act of positioning close together (or side by side)
<noun.act> it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors
a side-by-side position
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Juxtaposition \Jux`ta*po*si"tion\ (j[u^]ks`t[.a]*p[-o]*z[i^]sh"[u^]n), 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.
The juxtaposition works worst, I think, in the book about DiMag's 56-game hitting streak in 1941.
Wouk was concerned about inappropriate juxtaposition of some type of commercials with the miniseries' graphic concentration camps scenes.
The juxtaposition of past and present never is far from the surface in any of Bird's stories.
"The juxtaposition of the dream of beauty and the nightmare of the rabbits" is a perfect protest theme, says Spira.
There is some cleverness in the juxtaposition of scenes.