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