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Webster 1913 Edition


Conjunction

Con-junc′tion

,
Noun.
[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
.
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;
as, the
conjunction
of the moon with the sun, or of Jupiter and Saturn
. See the Note under
Aspect
,
Noun.
, 6.
☞ 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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Conjunction

CONJUNCTION

,
Noun.
[L. See Conjoin.]
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

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Noun

conjunction (plural conjunctions)

  1. The act of joining, or condition of being joined.
  2. (obsolete) Sexual intercourse.
  3. (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.
  4. (astronomy) The alignment of two bodies in the solar system such that they have the same longitude when seen from Earth.
  5. (astrology) An aspect in which planets are in close proximity to one another.
  6. (logic) The proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the () operator.

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