Con*junc"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.
He will unite the white rose and the red:
Smille heaven upon his fair conjunction.
Shak.
Man can effect no great matter by his personal
strength but as he acts in society and conjunction with
others.
South.
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.
&fist; 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.
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.
Though all conjunctions conjoin sentences,
yet, with respect to the sense, some are conjunctive and some
disjunctive.
Harris.
