conjunct

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con·junct • adj. / kənˈjəngkt; kän-/ joined together, combined, or associated. ∎  Mus. of or relating to the movement of a melody between adjacent notes of the scale. ∎  Astrol. in conjunction with.• n. / ˈkänjəngkt/ each of two or more things that are joined or associated. ∎ Logic each of the terms of a conjunctive proposition. ∎ Gram. an adverbial whose function is to join two sentences or other discourse units (e.g., however, anyway, in the first place).

conjunct

views updated May 18 2018

conjunct XV. — L. conjunctus, pp. of conjungere, f. CON- + jungere JOIN.
So conjunction union, connection (gen. and astron.), (gram.) connecting particle. XIV. — (O)F. conjonction — L. conjunctiō, -ōn-, f. conjungere. conjunctive XV. — late L. conjunctivitis (see -ITIS) inflammation of the membrana conjunctiva ‘conjunctive membrane’ connecting the inner eyelid and the eyeball.

CONJUNCT

views updated May 29 2018

CONJUNCT.
1. A sentence ADVERBIAL that has a connective role: therefore in ‘Our phone was out of order; we therefore had a period of uninterrupted peace.’

2. A grammatical unit linked to other units through COORDINATION, that is, by means of and, or, or but: the phrase ‘the children and their parents’ contains two conjuncts: the children and their parents.

conjunct

views updated May 08 2018

conjunct Applied to the distribution of populations that have overlapping ranges, allowing DNA to be exchanged between them. Compare DISJUNCT.