conjunction

UK /kənˈd͡ʒʌŋk.ʃn̩/ US /kənˈd͡ʒʌŋk.ʃn̩/
noun 5

Definitions

noun

1

The act of joining, or condition of being joined.

[…] Dr. Minchin in return was quite sure that man was not a mere machine or a fortuitous conjunction of atoms; […]

About them all there is that sort of stiff quaint unreality, that conjunction of the grotesque, and even of a certain bourgeois snugness, with passionate contortion and horror, that is so characteristic of Gothic art.

2

A word used to join other words, phrases, or clauses together into sentences. (The specific conjunction used shows how the two joined parts are related semantically.)

A comma is placed between short members of compound sentences, connected by and, but, for, nor, or, because, whereas, that expressing purpose (so that, in order that), and other conjunctions.

3

Cooccurrence; coincidence.

[…] the coexistence of one such phenomenon with another; or the succession of one such phenomenon to another: their conjunction, in short, so that where the one is found, we may calculate on finding both.

4

The alignment of two bodies in the solar system such that they have the same longitude when seen from Earth.

The spectacular conjunction of Venus and Mars gave rise to a myriad of mythical interpretations.

5

An aspect in which planets are in close proximity to one another.

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