con|junc|tion

con|junc|tion
con|junc|tion «kuhn JUHNGK shuhn», noun.
1. a word that connects words, phrases, clauses, or sentences. And, but, or, though, and if are conjunctions.
2. the act of joining together; union; connection; combination: »

A severe illness in conjunction with hot weather has left the baby very weak.

SYNONYM(S): association.
3. a coming together, especially of events or circumstances: »

a happy conjunction of circumstances. It was a strange conjunction—the prim serious young Queen…and the elderly, cynical Whig (New Yorker).

4. Astronomy. the apparent nearness of two or more heavenly bodies to each other; their appearance in the same region of the heavens: »

The moon is in conjunction with the sun when these two bodies have the same celestial longitude (Robert H. Baker).

5. Logic, Mathematics. a sentence or proposition composed of two terms connected by “and.” A conjunction such as a ∧ b is true only if a is true and b is true; if either a or b is false, the sentence is false. Abbr: conj.
Usage Conjunctions are used to connect words, phrases, clauses, or sentences. Some conjunctions also serve the double purpose of introducing a clause and connecting it with the rest of the sentence. Conjunctions are classified as follows: a Coordinating: those that connect words, phrases, or clauses of equal rank, such as and, but, for, nor, or, so, yet.b Correlative: coordinating conjunctions that are used in pairs, such as both…and, either…or, neither…nor, not only…but also, whether…or.c Subordinating: those that serve to introduce and to connect subordinate clauses to main clauses, such as after, although, as, because, before, if, since, when, where, while, and so on. d See also conjunctive adverbs, under conjunctive. (Cf. ↑conjunctive)

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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