Word Finder - juxtaposition

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The nearness of objects with little or no delimiter.

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The extra emphasis given to a comparison when the contrasted objects are close together.

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There was a poignant juxtaposition between the boys laughing in the street and the girl crying on the balcony above.

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To place in juxtaposition.

The juxtaposition of the contrasting colors made the artwork stand out from the rest.

Nothing new comes or can come into being; the only change that can occur is a change in the juxtaposition of element with element.

Going from snowy Alaska to sunny Hawaii on the same trip made for an odd juxtaposition during the family's vacation.

By using sweet and salty ingredients in her dessert, Lee found a juxtaposition that created the perfect flavor.

The juxtaposition of their vastly different personalities made them an interesting and unique couple.

Among these the most conspicuous are the theatres, of which there were two, placed, as was usual in Greek towns, in close juxtaposition with one another.

It has been a juxtaposition of separate and generally hostile peoples in territories bound under one rule by the military sway of a dominant race.

This neighborhood shows diversity because of the juxtaposition of residents from both the middle and working class.

The juxtaposition between matte and shimmer colors is quietly striking.

The solid alloy consists of crystals of pure tin in juxtaposition with crystals of almost pure lead and bismuth, these two metals dissolving each other in solid solution to the extent of a few per cent only.

The Abreu provided a wonderful juxtaposition to the French Bordeaux.

Although quilting in general adds a slightly softer and more feminine feel, the juxtaposition of denim fabric and quilted stitches creates a distinct appeal.

The juxtaposition of contrasts is much unexpected and provokes outright hilarity.

In her internal government she showed herself anxious to promote the prosperity of her people, and to give more unity to an administration made up by the juxtaposition of many states and races with different characters and constitutions.

This station, which was built in 1883-1888 and has replaced the three stations belonging to private companies, which formerly stood in juxtaposition on the Anlagen (or promenades) near the Mainzer Tor, lies some half-mile to the west.

The result of the combination was in fact a juxtaposition rather than a compound; it is manifestly impossible to find an organic connexion between a practical code like Cynicism and the transcendental logic of the Megarians.

This has been so usually confounded with the 20.63 family, owing to the juxtaposition of 28 digits with that cubit in Egypt, that it should be observed how the difficulty of their incommensurability has been felt.

New contrasts are formed by the juxtaposition of differently toned metals; or these with an inlay of haliotis shell, introduced by Alfred Gilbert; or of coloured wax, favoured by Onslow Ford; or enamelling, perfected by Professor von Herkomer; or stained ivory, pearls, or semi-precious stones.

The Syntagma philosophicum, in fact, is one of those eclectic systems which unite, or rather place in juxtaposition, irreconcilable dogmas from various schools of thought.

Her inspirations from Byzantine and Baroque jewelry are evident, and the startling juxtaposition of bold, chunky looks with feminine elegance are loved just as much today as when they were first introduced.

The clear icy blue tones of the aquamarine are in perfect contrast to the luscious warmth of the chocolate diamond, the juxtaposition like a dazzling marriage of opposite personalities.

A ring that is set with deep brown diamonds may look incongruous against a traditional white diamond engagement ring, or the unusual juxtaposition of brown and white diamonds may be a stunning contrast.

Contrasting colors, bright graphics, and a unique juxtaposition of fierce and feminine define many of their looks.

Taylor (B&B) - The perfect juxtaposition to Brooke, Taylor's ultra-feminine beauty is compounded by her psychological specialties.

An interesting alternative, however, is to add a contemporary watch band to a classic watch face which will give an interesting juxtaposition of styles.

Divided decimally in 100ths; but usually marked in Egypt into 7 palms of 28 digits, approximately; a mere juxtaposition.

His paintings, with their unexpected juxtaposition of objects, are a deliberate defiance of common sense.

The callingdrop of the magneto system was displaced by a relay and a small electric incandescent lamp, and whereas in the older system the calling-drop and the answering jack with which it was associated were some distance apart, the calling-lamp and the answering jack of the newer system were placed in juxtaposition.

The juxtaposition of the judicatures may, however, have led to some confusion between them.

He was the inventor of the stage-micrometer, and of a form of heliometer; and in 1816 he succeeded in constructing for the microscope achromatic glasses of long focus, consisting of a single lens, the constituent glasses of which were in juxtaposition, but not cemented together.

So far back as 1850 he also suggested a view which, in a modified form, is of fundamental importance in the modern theory of ionic dissociation, for, in a paper on the theory of the formation of ether, he urged that in an aggregate of molecules of any compound there is an exchange constantly going on between the elements which are contained in it; for instance, in hydrochloric acid each atom of hydrogen does not remain quietly in juxtaposition with the atom of chlorine with which it first united, but changes places with other atoms of hydrogen.

So far from being scandalized by the juxtaposition of "Das Fraulein" in the Winter Palace, Catherine accepted it as a matter of course, provided that her own relations with the handsome young guardsman, Gregory Orlov, were undisturbed.

Its principal bays are Vineyard Haven Harbor, a deep indentation at the northernmost angle of the island; and, on the eastern coast, Edgartown Harbor and Katama Bay, both formed by the juxtaposition of Chappaquiddick Island.

The mountain group of North Wales is the largest and loftiest; its scenery resembles that of the Scottish Highlands because of the juxtaposition of ancient Palaeozoic rocks - Cambrian and Ordovician, often altered into slate - and contemporaneous volcanic outbursts and igneous intrusions.

Half-shade analysers depend upon the facility with which the eye can distinguish slight differences in the intensities of two streams seen in juxtaposition, when the illumination is not too bright.

The syntagmatic dimension is the juxtaposition of different elements at the same time in a complete ensemble from hat to shoes.

Juxtaposition of a central section and a surface view in Panel B (tiff representation) reveals the complexity of the internal structure.

He used the juxtaposition to show the imagined life of Americans versus the harsh reality of life on the streets.

If we set aside such transcendental conditions as belong to sensibility or to the receptive phase of mind and are the presuppositions of juxtaposition of parts, the remainder are ascribable to spontaneity or understanding, to thought with its unifying, organizing or focussing function, and their elucidation is the problem of transcendental analytic. It is still logic, indeed, when we are occupied with the transcendent objects of the discursive faculty as it is employed beyond the limits of experience where it cannot validate its ideas.

Three pentagons may be placed at a common vertex to form a solid angle, and by forming several such sets and placing them in juxtaposition .a solid is obtained having 12 pentagonal faces, 30 edges, and 20 vertices.

All thought starts from the ordinary dualism or pluralism which conceives of the world as consisting of the juxtaposition of mutually independent things and persons.

The almost universal practice is to have the fruit and vegetable gardens combined; and the flower garden may sometimes be conveniently placed in juxtaposition with them.

The atomist has an easy answer; he says that the new body is made up by the juxtaposition of the atoms of iodine and mercury, which still exist in the red powder.