Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Juxtaposition

Juxtaposition (juks`tȧ*po*zish"un) , noun

[Latin juxta near + positio position: compare French 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