Dictionary entry details
• CONJUNCTION (noun)
Meaning:
The temporal property of two things happening at the same time
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
conjunction; co-occurrence; coincidence; concurrence
Context example:
the interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable
Hypernyms ("conjunction" is a kind of...):
simultaneity; simultaneousness (happening or existing or done at the same time)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conjunction"):
unison (occurring together or simultaneously)
contemporaneity; contemporaneousness (the quality of belonging to the same period of time)
overlap (the property of partial coincidence in time)
concomitance (occurrence or existence together or in connection with one another)
Meaning:
The state of being joined together
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
colligation; conjugation; conjunction; junction
Hypernyms ("conjunction" is a kind of...):
unification; union (the state of being joined or united or linked)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conjunction"):
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)
Meaning:
An uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
continuative; connective; conjunctive; conjunction
Hypernyms ("conjunction" is a kind of...):
closed-class word; function word (a word that is uninflected and serves a grammatical function but has little identifiable meaning)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conjunction"):
subordinate conjunction; subordinating conjunction (a conjunction (like 'since' or 'that' or 'who') that introduces a dependent clause)
coordinating conjunction (a conjunction (like 'and' or 'or') that connects two identically constructed grammatical constituents)
Meaning:
The grammatical relation between linguistic units (words or phrases or clauses) that are connected by a conjunction
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("conjunction" is a kind of...):
grammatical relation (a linguistic relation established by grammar)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conjunction"):
adversative conjunction (the conjunctive relation of units that expresses the opposition of their meanings)
disjunctive conjunction (the conjunctive relation of units that expresses the disjunction of their meanings)
copulative conjunction (the conjunctive relation of units that expresses the addition of their meanings)
subordinating conjunction (the subordination that occurs when a conjunction makes one linguistic unit a constituent of another)
coordinating conjunction (the coordination by conjunction of linguistic units of the same status)
Meaning:
(astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
alignment; conjunction
Hypernyms ("conjunction" is a kind of...):
encounter; meeting (a casual or unexpected convergence)
Domain category:
astronomy; uranology (the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conjunction"):
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)
Meaning:
Something that joins or connects
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
junction; conjunction
Hypernyms ("conjunction" is a kind of...):
connecter; connection; connective; connector; connexion (an instrumentality that connects)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conjunction"):
contact; tangency ((electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact)
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)
thermojunction (a junction between two dissimilar metals across which a voltage appears)
