juxtapositionn.
/ˌdʒʌkstəpəˈzɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌdʒəkstəpəˈzɪʃən/ a. The action of placing two or more things close together or side by side, or one thing with or beside another; the condition of being so placed.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > distance > nearness > [noun] > adjacency > placing in
neighbouring1651
apposition1655
juxtaposition1661
1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing v. 50 Parts, that are united by a meer juxta-position.
1680 R. Boyle Sceptical Chymist (new ed.) ii. 140 There is but a Juxta-position of separable Corpuscles.
1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iv. ii. 264 When the Mind cannot so bring it's Ideas together, as by their..Juxta-position, or application one to another, to perceive their Agreement or Disagreement.
1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont Curiosities in Husbandry & Gardening 29 Plants..receive their Nourishment by Intus-susception, and..grow not like Stones, by Juxta-Position.
1840 F. Trollope Widow Married III. xxv. 77 The ineffable two hours of their juxta-position at the dinner-table.
1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest II. App. 597 The juxtaposition of the words which follow is remarkable.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > chemistry > crystallography (general) > crystal (general) > crystal types > [noun] > composite crystals > twin > types of
penetration twin1868
juxtaposition twin1883
multiple twin1932
the world > matter > chemistry > crystallography (general) > crystal (general) > crystal types > [noun] > composite crystals > twin > contactual union between twinned crystals
juxtaposition1883
1883 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 366/1 In aragonite the crystals are partly interpenetrating, and partly merely in juxtaposition.
1890 G. H. Williams Elem. Crystallogr. ix. 185 Two individual crystals in twinning position are usually, though by no means always, united in a plane, which may or may not coincide with the twinning plane. Twins of this sort are called contact or juxtaposition twins.
1910 Encycl. Brit. VII. 582/2 In these two examples the surface of the union..is a regular surface coinciding with the twin-plane; such twins are called ‘juxtaposition-twins’.
1911 A. E. H. Tutton Crystallogr. xxvi. 420 In the case of ‘juxtaposition twins’ the plane of union, whether the twin plane or not, is known as the ‘plane of composition’.
1917 F. M. Jaeger Lect. Princ. Symmetry vii. 171 The classification of twins into such as are produced by juxtaposition or by penetration, may have certain advantages from a practical standpoint.
Derivatives
juxtapoˈsitional adj. relating to or characterized by juxtaposition.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > distance > nearness > [adjective] > placed close together > relating to or characterized by
juxtapositional1863
1863 W. L. Bevan in W. Smith Dict. Bible III. 1539/2 Our own language, though classed as inflectional..is in many respects as isolating and juxtapositional as any language of that class.
1868 F. M. Müller Rede Lect. ii, in Sel. Ess. (1881) I. 84 The three stages in the history of the Aryan languages, the juxtapositional, the combinatory and the inflectional.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
n.1661- to draw the teeth out of
- to draw the wool over a person's eyes
- to draw the wool over eyes
- to draw through the water with a cat
- to draw to a head
- to draw to death
- to draw to memory
- to draw to warrant
- to draw together
- to draw up
- to draw up an indictment
- to draw up level
- to draw up short
- to draw up the ladder after itself
- to draw up to
- to draw upon
- to draw valentines
- to draw water to one's mill
- to draw, take to warrant
- to dray in
- to dread
- to dream away
- to dream forth
- to dream out
- to dream the impossible dream