| conjunction | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. co-occurrence, coincidence, concurrence, conjunction | the temporal property of two things happening at the same time.; "the interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable" |
| ~ simultaneity, simultaneousness | happening or existing or done at the same time. |
| ~ concomitance | occurrence or existence together or in connection with one another. |
| ~ overlap | the property of partial coincidence in time. |
| ~ contemporaneity, contemporaneousness | the quality of belonging to the same period of time. |
| ~ unison | occurring together or simultaneously.; "the two spoke in unison" |
| n. (state) | 2. colligation, conjugation, conjunction, junction | the state of being joined together. |
| ~ anastomosis, inosculation | a natural or surgical joining of parts or branches of tubular structures so as to make or become continuous. |
| ~ synapse | the junction between two neurons (axon-to-dendrite) or between a neuron and a muscle.; "nerve impulses cross a synapse through the action of neurotransmitters" |
| ~ unification, union | the state of being joined or united or linked.; "there is strength in union" |
| n. (communication) | 3. conjunction, conjunctive, connective, continuative | an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences. |
| ~ closed-class word, function word | a word that is uninflected and serves a grammatical function but has little identifiable meaning. |
| ~ coordinating conjunction | a conjunction (like `and' or `or') that connects two identically constructed grammatical constituents. |
| ~ subordinate conjunction, subordinating conjunction | a conjunction (like `since' or `that' or `who') that introduces a dependent clause. |
| n. (linkdef) | 4. conjunction | the grammatical relation between linguistic units (words or phrases or clauses) that are connected by a conjunction. |
| ~ grammatical relation | a linguistic relation established by grammar. |
| ~ coordinating conjunction | the coordination by conjunction of linguistic units of the same status. |
| ~ subordinating conjunction | the subordination that occurs when a conjunction makes one linguistic unit a constituent of another. |
| ~ copulative conjunction | the conjunctive relation of units that expresses the addition of their meanings. |
| ~ disjunctive conjunction | the conjunctive relation of units that expresses the disjunction of their meanings. |
| ~ adversative conjunction | the conjunctive relation of units that expresses the opposition of their meanings. |
| n. (event) | 5. alignment, conjunction | (astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac. |
| ~ astronomy, uranology | the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole. |
| ~ encounter, meeting | a casual or unexpected convergence.; "he still remembers their meeting in Paris"; "there was a brief encounter in the hallway" |
| ~ inferior conjunction | (astronomy) the alignment of the Earth and a planet on the same side of the sun. |
| ~ superior conjunction | (astronomy) the alignment of the Earth and a planet on the opposite side of the sun. |
| n. (artifact) | 6. conjunction, junction | something that joins or connects. |
| ~ connecter, connector, connective, connection, connexion | an instrumentality that connects.; "he soldered the connection"; "he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers" |
| ~ tangency, contact | (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact.; "they forget to solder the contacts" |
| ~ joint | junction by which parts or objects are joined together. |
| ~ barrier strip, junction barrier | a junction unit for connecting 2 cables without the need for plugs. |
| ~ splice, splicing | a junction where two things (as paper or film or magnetic tape) have been joined together.; "the break was due to an imperfect splice" |
| ~ thermojunction | a junction between two dissimilar metals across which a voltage appears. |
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