(n) the act of positioning close together (or side by side), Syn.apposition, collocation, Example: it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
n. [ L. appositio, fr. apponere: cf. F. apposition. See Apposite. ] 1. The act of adding; application; accretion. [ 1913 Webster ]
It grows . . . by the apposition of new matter. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. The putting of things in juxtaposition, or side by side; also, the condition of being so placed. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. (Gram.) The state of two nouns or pronouns, put in the same case, without a connecting word between them; as, I admire Cicero, the orator. Here, the second noun explains or characterizes the first. [ 1913 Webster ]
Growth by apposition (Physiol.), a mode of growth characteristic of non vascular tissues, in which nutritive matter from the blood is transformed on the surface of an organ into solid unorganized substance. [ 1913 Webster ]
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