COLLOCATION

juxtaposition, apposition, collocation

(noun) the act of positioning close together (or side by side); “it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors”

collocation

(noun) a grouping of words in a sentence

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

collocation (countable and uncountable, plural collocations)

(uncountable) The grouping or juxtaposition of things, especially words or sounds.

(countable) Such a specific grouping.

(linguistics, translation studies) A sequence of words or terms that co-occur more often than would be expected by chance (i.e, the statistically significant placement of particular words in a language), often representing an established name for, or idiomatic way of conveying, a particular semantic concept.

(mathematics) A method of finding an approximate solution of an ordinary differential equation $$L[y]=0$$ by determining coefficients in an expansion $y(x) = y_{0}(x) + \sum_{l=0}^{q}\alpha_{l} y_{l}(x)$ so as to make $$L[y]$$ vanish at prescribed points; the expansion with the coefficients thus found is the sought approximation.

(computing) A service allowing multiple customers to locate network, server, and storage gear and connect them to a variety of telecommunications and network service providers, at a minimum of cost and complexity.

Source: Wiktionary

Col`lo*ca"tion, n. Etym: [L. collocatio.]

Definition: The act of placing; the state of being placed with something else; disposition in place; arrangement. The choice and collocation of words. Sir W. Jones.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition