conjunct
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dʒʌŋkt; adjective
1.
bound in close association; conjoined; combined; united: conjunct ideas; conjunct influences.
2.
formed by conjunction.
3.
Grammar.
a.
occurring only in combination with an immediately preceding or following form of a particular class, and constituting with this form a single phonetic unit, as 'll in English he'll, and n't in isn't.
b.
(of a pronoun) having enclitic or proclitic form and occurring with a verb, as French me, le, se.
c.
pertaining to a word so characterized.
4.
Music. progressing melodically by intervals of a second: conjunct motion of an ascending scale.
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Conjunct
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English (past participle) < Latin conjunctus joined, connected (past participle of conjungere to join together), equivalent to con- con- + junc- (variant stem of jungere to join) + -tus past participle suffix
1425–75; late Middle English (past participle) < Latin conjunctus joined, connected (past participle of conjungere to join together), equivalent to con- con- + junc- (variant stem of jungere to join) + -tus past participle suffix
Related forms
con·junct·ly, adverb
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| —adj | |
| 1. | joined; united |
| 2. | music relating to or denoting two adjacent degrees of a scale |
| —n | |
| 3. | logic one of the propositions or formulas in a conjunction |
| [C15: from Latin conjunctus, from conjugere to unite; see | |
| con'junctly | |
| —adv | |
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Paraffins could also contribute to coking via conjunct polymerization, which leads to naphthenes.
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