[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

conjunction \conjunc"tion\, n. l. conjunctio: cf. f.
   conjunction. see conjoin.
   1. the act of conjoining, or the state of being conjoined,
      united, or associated; union; association; league.
      1913 webster

            he will unite the white rose and the red:
            smille heaven upon his fair conjunction. --shak.
      1913 webster

            man can effect no great matter by his personal
            strength but as he acts in society and conjunction
            with others.                          --south.
      1913 webster

   2. astron. the meeting of two or more stars or planets in
      the same degree of the zodiac; as, the conjunction of the
      moon with the sun, or of jupiter and saturn. see the note
      under aspect, n., 6.
      1913 webster

   note: heavenly bodies are said to be in conjunction when they
         are seen in the same part of the heavens, or have the
         same longitude or right ascension. the inferior
         conjunction of an inferior planet is its position when
         in conjunction on the same side of the sun with the
         earth; the superior conjunction of a planet is its
         position when on the side of the sun most distant from
         the earth.
         1913 webster

   3. gram. a connective or connecting word; an indeclinable
      word which serves to join together sentences, clauses of a
      sentence, or words; as, and, but, if.
      1913 webster

            though all conjunctions conjoin sentences, yet, with
            respect to the sense, some are conjunctive and some
            disjunctive.                          --harris.
      1913 webster
see also:
conjoin aspect 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

conjunction
     n 1: the temporal property of two things happening at the same
          time; "the interval determining the coincidence gate is
          adjustable" syn: concurrence, coincidence, co-occurrence
     2: the state of being joined together syn: junction, conjugation,
         colligation
     3: an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or
        phrases or clauses or sentences syn: conjunctive, connective
     4: the grammatical relation between linguistic units words or
        phrases or clauses that are connected by a conjunction
     5: astronomy apparent meeting or passing of two or more
        celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac syn: alignment
     6: something that joins or connects syn: junction
see also:
concurrence coincidence co-occurrence junction conjugation colligation 
conjunctive connective alignment 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

155 moby thesaurus words for "conjunction":
   anschluss, abutment, abuttal, accompaniment, accordance, addition,
   adjacency, adjectival, adjective, adjoiningness, adverb, adverbial,
   adversative conjunction, affiliation, agglomeration, agglutination,
   aggregation, agreement, alliance, amalgamation, apposition,
   appulse, articulation, assimilation, association, attributive,
   blend, blending, bond, bracketing, cabal, cahoots, cartel,
   centralization, clustering, co-working, coaction, coalescence,
   coalition, coincidence, collaboration, collectivity, collusion,
   combination, combine, combined effort, combo, communication,
   composition, concatenation, concert, concerted action,
   concomitance, concordance, concourse, concurrence, confederacy,
   confederation, confluence, congeries, conglomeration, conjugation,
   conjunctive adverb, connection, consilience, consolidation,
   conspiracy, conterminousness, contiguity, convergence, cooperation,
   coordinating conjunction, copulation, copulative,
   copulative conjunction, correlative conjunction, correspondence,
   coterminousness, coupling, disjunctive, disjunctive conjunction,
   ecumenism, embodiment, encompassment, enosis, exclamatory noun,
   federalization, federation, form class, form word, function class,
   fusion, gathering, gerundive, hookup, inclusion, incorporation,
   integration, intercommunication, intercourse, interjection,
   interlinking, joinder, joining, jointure, junction, junta,
   juxtaposition, knotting, league, liaison, linkage, linking,
   marriage, meeting, meld, melding, merger, merging, package,
   package deal, pairing, parasitism, part of speech, participle,
   particle, partnership, past participle, perfect participle,
   perigee, perihelion, preposition, present participle, saprophytism,
   simultaneity, solidification, splice, subordinating conjunction,
   symbiosis, synchronism, syncretism, syndication, syneresis,
   synergy, synthesis, syzygy, tie, tie-in, tie-up, unification,
   union, united action, verbal adjective, wedding, yoking

[4] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

conjunction
     
        and
     
     
see also:
and 

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