conjunction

Meaning

Noun

• The act of joining, or condition of being joined.
• A word used to join other words or phrases together into sentences. The specific conjunction used shows how the two joined parts are related.
• The alignment of two bodies in the solar system such that they have the same longitude when seen from Earth.
• An aspect in which planets are in close proximity to one another.
• The proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the ∧ ($\backslash and$) operator.
• Sexual intercourse.

Origin

• From Old French conjonction, from Latin coniūnctiō ("joining"), from coniungere.