conjunctional
ʃən noun
1.
Grammar.
a.
b.
2.
the act of conjoining; combination.
3.
the state of being conjoined; union; association: The police, in conjunction with the army, established order.
4.
a combination of events or circumstances.
5.
Logic.
a.
a compound proposition that is true if and only if all of its component propositions are true.
b.
the relation among the components of such a proposition, usually expressed by AND or & or ·.
6.
Astronomy.
a.
the coincidence of two or more heavenly bodies at the same celestial longitude.
b.
the state of two or more such coinciding heavenly bodies.
7.
Astrology. the coincidence of two or more heavenly bodies at the same celestial longitude, characterized by a unification of the planetary energies; an astrological aspect.
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conjunction (kənˈdʒʌŋkʃən) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the act of joining together; combination; union |
| 2. | simultaneous occurrence of events; coincidence |
| 3. | coordinating conjunction See also subordinating conjunction conj any word or group of words, other than a relative pronoun, that connects words, phrases, or clauses; for example and and while |
| 4. | astronomy |
| a. the position of any two bodies that appear to meet, such as two celestial bodies on the celestial sphere | |
| b. Compare opposition Also called: solar conjunction the position of a planet or the moon when it is in line with the sun as seen from the earth. The inner planets are in inferior conjunction when the planet is between the earth and the sun and in superior conjunction when the sun lies between the earth and the planet | |
| 5. | astrology opposition See square an exact aspect of 0° between two planets, etc, an orb of 8° being allowed |
| 6. | logic |
| a. the operator that forms a compound sentence from two given sentences, and corresponds to the English and | |
| b. a sentence so formed. Usually written p&q, p∧q, or p.q., where p,q are the component sentences, it is true only when both these are true | |
| c. the relation between such sentences | |
| con'junctional | |
| —adj | |
| con'junctionally | |
| —adv | |
| conjunction (kənˈdʒʌŋkʃən) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the act of joining together; combination; union |
| 2. | simultaneous occurrence of events; coincidence |
| 3. | coordinating conjunction See also subordinating conjunction conj any word or group of words, other than a relative pronoun, that connects words, phrases, or clauses; for example and and while |
| 4. | astronomy |
| a. the position of any two bodies that appear to meet, such as two celestial bodies on the celestial sphere | |
| b. Compare opposition Also called: solar conjunction the position of a planet or the moon when it is in line with the sun as seen from the earth. The inner planets are in inferior conjunction when the planet is between the earth and the sun and in superior conjunction when the sun lies between the earth and the planet | |
| 5. | astrology opposition See square an exact aspect of 0° between two planets, etc, an orb of 8° being allowed |
| 6. | logic |
| a. the operator that forms a compound sentence from two given sentences, and corresponds to the English and | |
| b. a sentence so formed. Usually written p&q, p∧q, or p.q., where p,q are the component sentences, it is true only when both these are true | |
| c. the relation between such sentences | |
| con'junctional | |
| —adj | |
| con'junctionally | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
conjunction
late 14c., from O.Fr. conjunction, from L. conjunctionem (nom. conjunctio), pp. of conjugare (see conjugal). Originally in Eng. of planets; grammatical sense (1380s) was in L., a loan-translation of Gk. syndesmos. Had the meaning "sexual union" 17c.-18c.
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conjunction  (kən-jŭngk'shən) Pronunciation Key
The position of two celestial bodies when they have the same celestial longitude, especially a configuration in which a planet or the Moon lies on a straight line from Earth to or through the Sun. Planets in this position are not visible to the naked eye because they are in line with the Sun and obscured by its glare; the Moon in this position is new. ◇ The inner planets Mercury and Venus have two conjunction points with Earth. Either planet is at inferior conjunction when it lies directly between the Earth and the Sun, and is at superior conjunction when it lies directly opposite Earth on the far side of the Sun. The outer planets have only one conjunction point with Earth, when they lie opposite Earth on the far side of the Sun. Compare opposition. See more at elongation. |
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Cultural Dictionary
conjunction definition
A word that joins words or groups of words. There are three kinds of conjunctions: coordinating, correlative, and subordinating. Coordinating conjunctions include and, but, or, not, yet, for, and so. Correlative conjunctions include the words in the pairs either/or, both/and, and neither/nor. Subordinating conjunctions begin subordinate clauses (see subordination) and join them to the rest of the sentence: “She didn't learn the real reason until she left the valley.”
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