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CONJUNCTION (from Lat. conjungere, to...

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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 943 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CONJUNCTION (from See also:Lat. conjungere, to join together)  , a See also:general See also:term signifying the See also:act or See also:state of being joined together . It is used technically in See also:astronomy and See also:grammar . In astronomy," See also:conjunction" is the nearest apparent approach of two heavenly bodies which seem to pass each other in their courses—said to be in See also:longitude, right See also:ascension, &c., when they have the same longitude, &c . A See also:superior conjunction is one in which the lesser See also:body is beyond the greater, especially when a See also:planet is beyond the See also:sun . An inferior conjunction is one in which a planet is on our See also:side of the sun . In grammar the term " conjunction is applied to one of the so-called " parts of speech, " viz. those words which are used to " join together " words, clauses or sentences . See also:Con-junctions are variously classified according to their specific See also:function, e.g. adversative (" but," " though ") which contrast, illative (" therefore ") where the second See also:sentence or clause is an inference from the first, temporal where a See also:time-relation is expressed, and so forth .

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