conjunction

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; […] - 1871–1872, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter XVIII, in Middlemarch […], volume (please...
   • 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. -...

   Synonyms: connection union

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. - 1881, Alfred Ayres...
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. - 1843, John...
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. - 2011, Starf*cker […] , Ev Cochrane, →ISBN, page 140:

   Antonyms: opposition

   Hyponyms: grand conjunction great conjunction inferior conjunction superior conjunction topocentric conjunction

5. An aspect in which planets are in close proximity to one another.
6. The proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the ∧ ( and ) operator.
   • However, sequence 1 dominates sequence 2, because sequence 1 is strictly included in 2. 2 is 1 preceded by a G; that is, 2 is the conjunction of an initial G with 1. - 2007 September 19, Eliezer Yudkowsky, “Conjunction...

   Meronyms: conjunct logical connective

   Coordinate Terms: disjunction

7. A place where multiple things meet.
   • Today there is a mountain called Ararat near the conjunction of the Turkish, Armenian, and Iranian borders. - 2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 47:

   Coordinate Terms: junction juncture confluence

8. Sexual intercourse.
   • Certaine Nations (and amongst others, the Mahometane) abhorre Conjunction with women great with childe. - 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 29, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine]...

   Synonyms: aphrodisia carnal knowledge coitus coition commerce commixtion congress conjunction connection consummation conversation copulation coupling intercourse intimacy intimate relations intromission joining lovemaking lustmaking mating mounting pareunia penetration