What's the difference between contraposition and juxtaposition?

Contraposition


Definition:

  • (n.) A placing over against; opposite position.
  • (n.) A so-called immediate inference which consists in denying the original subject of the contradictory predicate; e.g.: Every S is P; therefore, no Not-P is S.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In contraposition with the effect on male stimulation, progesterone did not increase the reactivity to cervicovaginal stimulation, as measured by the percent incidence of lordosis.
  • (2) The similitude between ageing and hypertension, the contraposition that is seen in youngsters, and other metabolic alterations test this model of winkessel.
  • (3) In the hot plate test the three GABAergic compounds antagonized the analgesic effects of pentazocine in contraposition with previous results indicating that morphine-induced analgesia is increased by pretreatment with those agents.

Juxtaposition


Definition:

  • (v. i.) A placing or being placed in nearness or contiguity, or side by side; as, a juxtaposition of words.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It appears that the transcriptional activation of the rearranged epo gene in IW32 cells has been mediated by a translocation event which has served to bring the epo gene into close juxtaposition to this transcriptionally active gene.
  • (2) Although HSV antigens and LC were simultaneously detected within corneal epithelium, LC were not observed in anatomic juxtaposition to HSV antigens, even after reinoculation of infected corneas with HSV on day 14 following the primary infection.
  • (3) This nucleotide homology extends both to the size and juxtaposition of exons.
  • (4) The excisive recombination reaction of bacteriophage lambda involves a specific and efficient juxtaposition of two distant higher order protein-DNA complexes on the chromosome of Escherichia coli.
  • (5) A recurrent theme in all such debates is a juxtaposition of European countries' treatment of the hijab with their attitude towards homosexuality.
  • (6) The close juxtaposition and homology of the MW and LW genes on the X chromosome is thought to underlie the high frequency of colour vision defects in man and the presence in many individuals of extra copies of the MW gene.
  • (7) Ofcom said that under the code broadcasters must take into account the scheduling of ads to "avoid unsuitable juxtapositions" between commercials and programmes, especially those that could distress or offend viewers.
  • (8) Because transcriptional activity is often associated with hypomethylation, we have examined the methylation status of the gamma-globin genes and the truncated psi beta gene on the HPFH chromosome to determine whether juxtaposition of this erythroid-specific region results in a generalized hypomethylation of the globin gene region upstream of the deletion breakpoint.
  • (9) These spinal tumors all appeared to arise in juxtaposition to the posterolateral sulcus and dorsal sensory roots.
  • (10) The juxtaposition of Freud and Collingwood suggests that the methods of philosophy and analysis are more alike than the particular problems they try to solve.
  • (11) During a pre-exocytotic stage, chromaffin granules are found in juxtaposition to the plasma membrane and separated from it by an electron dense space 25--27 A in width.
  • (12) The purpose of this study was to determine whether fibrinolysis resulting from activation of the clotting cascade in juxtaposition to endothelial cells of the central nervous system (CNS) microvasculature is important for development of clinical signs of experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE) in recipient Lewis rats.
  • (13) This unreliability was probably due to their short superficial course and their juxtaposition to the aorta and the pulmonary artery.
  • (14) In the course of surgery to close the septal defect, she was found to have a right-sided juxtaposition of the appendages.
  • (15) Juxtaposition of the atrial appendages (JAA) is an uncommon anomaly of the heart that is frequently associated with other cardiac abnormalities, such as transposition of the great arteries and tricuspid atresia.
  • (16) In contrast, there were very few AFC in juxtaposition to antigen-free MM in the follicular area or the antigen-laden marginal zone macrophages.
  • (17) Transcription units differing in polarity and fiber frequency can occur in immediate juxtaposition.
  • (18) Others manifested both cribriform and basaloid patterns in juxtaposition.
  • (19) By this time, however, odontogenic crest and presumptive molar epithelium have already reached juxtaposition and molar primordia are fully competent.
  • (20) The juxtaposition of the GPC functional morphology indexes of the stomach juice acidity and blood gastrin concentration implies the necessity to reevaluate the significance of the latter as an adequate index of the GPC function.

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