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English Dictionary: conjunction by the DICT Development Group
3 results for conjunction
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
conjunction
n
  1. the temporal property of two things happening at the same time; "the interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable"
    Synonym(s): concurrence, coincidence, conjunction, co-occurrence
  2. the state of being joined together
    Synonym(s): junction, conjunction, conjugation, colligation
  3. an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences
    Synonym(s): conjunction, conjunctive, connective, continuative
  4. the grammatical relation between linguistic units (words or phrases or clauses) that are connected by a conjunction
  5. (astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac
    Synonym(s): conjunction, alignment
  6. something that joins or connects
    Synonym(s): junction, conjunction
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Conjunction \Con*junc"tion\, n. [L. conjunctio: cf. F.
      conjunction. See {Conjoin}.]
      1. The act of conjoining, or the state of being conjoined,
            united, or associated; union; association; league.
  
                     He will unite the white rose and the red: Smille
                     heaven upon his fair conjunction.      --Shak.
  
                     Man can effect no great matter by his personal
                     strength but as he acts in society and conjunction
                     with others.                                       --South.
  
      2. (Astron.) The meeting of two or more stars or planets in
            the same degree of the zodiac; as, the conjunction of the
            moon with the sun, or of Jupiter and Saturn. See the Note
            under {Aspect}, n., 6.
  
      Note: Heavenly bodies are said to be in conjunction when they
               are seen in the same part of the heavens, or have the
               same longitude or right ascension. The inferior
               conjunction of an inferior planet is its position when
               in conjunction on the same side of the sun with the
               earth; the superior conjunction of a planet is its
               position when on the side of the sun most distant from
               the earth.
  
      3. (Gram.) A connective or connecting word; an indeclinable
            word which serves to join together sentences, clauses of a
            sentence, or words; as, and, but, if.
  
                     Though all conjunctions conjoin sentences, yet, with
                     respect to the sense, some are conjunctive and some
                     disjunctive.                                       --Harris.

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   conjunction
  
      {AND}
  
  
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