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Webster 1913 Edition
Conjunction
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
Smille heaven upon his fair
conjunction
. Shakespeare
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; , 6.
as, the
. See the Note under conjunction
of the moon with the sun, or of Jupiter and SaturnAspect
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☞ 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.
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(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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Conjunction
CONJUNCTION
,Noun.
1.
Union; connection; association by treaty or otherwise.2.
In astronomy, 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 with Saturn.3.
In grammar, a connective or connecting word; an indeclinable word which serves to unite sentences or the clauses of a sentence and words, joining two or more simple sentences into one compound one, and continuing it at the pleasure of the writer or speaker.This book cost one dollar and ten cents.
God called the light day and the darkness he called night.
Virtue and vice are not compatible.
The hope of the righteous shall be gladness, but the expectation of the wicked shall perish. Proverbs 5.
4.
The copulation of the sexes.Definition 2024
conjunction
conjunction
English
Noun
conjunction (plural conjunctions)
- The act of joining, or condition of being joined.
- (obsolete) Sexual intercourse.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821, vol.1. ch.29:
- Certaine Nations (and amongst others, the Mahometane) abhorre Conjunction with women great with childe.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821, vol.1. ch.29:
- (grammar) A word used to join other words or phrases together into sentences. The specific conjunction used shows how the two joined parts are related. Example: Bread, butter and cheese.
- (astronomy) The alignment of two bodies in the solar system such that they have the same longitude when seen from Earth.
- (astrology) An aspect in which planets are in close proximity to one another.
- (logic) The proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the ∧ () operator.
Coordinate terms
- (in logic): disjunction
Hypernyms
Hypernyms of conjunction (astronomy)
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Meronyms
- (in logic): conjunct
- (in logic): logical connective
Related terms
Translations
act of joining or being joined
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grammar: word used to join words or phrases
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astronomy: alignment of two bodies in the solar system such that they have the same longitude when seen from Earth
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logic: proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the and operator
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