Definition for JUX-TA-PO-SI'TION

JUX-TA-PO-SI'TION, n. [L. juxta, near, and position.]

A placing or being placed in nearness or contiguity; as the parts of a substance or of a composition. The connection of words is sometimes to be ascertained by juxtaposition.  

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