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conjoint - 4 dictionary results

con⋅joint

[kuhn-joint]
–adjective
1. joined together; united; combined; associated.
2. pertaining to or formed by two or more in combination; joint.
–noun
3. conjoints, husband and wife, esp. as joint owners of property.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME < MF < L conjunctus (ptp. of conjungere). See con-, joint


con⋅joint⋅ly, adverb
con⋅joint⋅ness, noun
con·joint   (kən-joint')   
adj.  
  1. Joined together; combined: "social order and prosperity, the conjoint aims of government" (John K. Fairbank).
  2. Of, consisting of, or involving two or more combined or associated entities; joint.

[Middle English, from Old French, past participle of conjoindre, to conjoin; see conjoin.]
con·joint'ly adv.

Conjoint

Con*joint"\, a. [F. conjoint, p. p. of conjoindre. See Conjoin, and cf. Conjunct.] United; connected; associated. "Influence conjoint." --Glover.

Conjoint degrees (Mus.), two notes which follow each other immediately in the order of the scale, as ut and re. --Johnson.

Conjoint tetrachords (Mus.), two tetrachords or fourths, where the same note is the highest of one and the lowest of the other; -- also written conjunct.

Main Entry: con·joint
Function: adjective
in the civil law of Louisiana : JOINTcon·joint·ly adverb
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