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Noun
/kənˈjəNGkSHən/,
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conjunctions, plural;
  1. The act of joining or the condition of being joined
    • - he postulated that the Americas were formed by the conjunction of floating islands
  2. An instance of two or more events or things occurring at the same point in time or space
    • - a conjunction of favorable political and economic circumstances
  3. An alignment of two planets or other celestial objects so that they appear to be in the same, or nearly the same, place in the sky

  4. A word used to connect clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause (e.g., and, but, if)

  1. (conjunction) concurrence: the temporal property of two things happening at the same time; "the interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable"
  2. (conjunction) junction: the state of being joined together
  3. (conjunction) an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences
  4. (conjunction) (astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac
  5. (conjunction) junction: something that joins or connects
  6. Conjunctions, is a biannual American literary journal based at Bard College. It was founded in 1981 and is currently edited by Bradford Morrow.
  7. (Conjunction (astronomy)) Conjunction is a term used in positional astronomy and astrology. It means that, as seen from some place (usually the Earth), two celestial bodies appear near one another in the sky. The event is also sometimes known as an appulse.
  8. (Conjunction (logic)) In logic and mathematics, logical conjunction, or: and is a two-place logical connective that has the value true if both of its operands are true, otherwise a value of false.
  9. (Conjunction) A word used to connect words, phrases and clauses (for example: and, but, if).
  10. (Conjunction) An event that occurs when two or more celestial objects appear close together in the sky.
  11. (conjunction) The aspect formed when two planets occupy position close together in the zodiac, usually within 8° orb; the first harmonic.
  12. (Conjunction) A zero degree aspect where two planets are paired right next to each other in longitudes. A conjunction is a pure enhancement aspect and is very beneficial.
  13. (conjunction) a word that joins words or ideas (and, but, or)
  14. (Conjunction) A truth-functional connective meaning “and”, symbolized by the dot. A statement of the form p.q is true if and only if p is true and q is true.
  15. (Conjunction) Where the chart factors concerned are within 8° orb of arc, they are "conjunct" or in conjunction. A conjunction is usually a helpful energy which creates self-nurturing, inner strength and ambition. ...
  16. (Conjunction) Conjunctions "blend" the energies of the two planets who occupy the same space within 8 degrees.
  17. (Conjunction) fusion or integration
  18. (conjunction) This is a word or phrase that connects 2 other words or phrases.
  19. (conjunction) One of the traditional parts of speech the function of which is to connect two grammatical elements. ...
  20. (Conjunction) There are at least three definitions of conjunction. Bodies are said to be in conjunction when either they have the same Right Ascension or when they have the same ecliptic longitude or when they are at their closest. ...
  21. (Conjunction) A planetary aspect in which two planets or bodies are in the same degree and sign.
  22. (Conjunction) the alignment of two celestial objects at the same celestial longitude. Conjunction of the Moon and planets is often determined with reference to the Sun. For example, Saturn is said to be in conjunction with the Sun when Saturn and Earth are aligned on opposite sides of the Sun.
  23. (Conjunction) A truth-function that is true when both its arguments (called conjuncts) are true. Also the connective denoting this function; also the compound proposition built from this connective. Notation: p &#183 q; sometimes also pq or pq.
  24. (Conjunction) Linking words which are used to connect information within sentences or across sentences. Different types of conjunctions express different types of meanings, for example time, (when, after, first etc) comparison ( but, however etc. ) etc.
  25. (Conjunction) Old term for Fellowship Maneuvers