Connection vs. Conjunction
Connectionnoun
(uncountable) The act of connecting.
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The point at which two or more things are connected.
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A feeling of understanding and ease of communication between two or more people.
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An established communications or transportation link.
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(transport) A transfer from one transportation vehicle to another in scheduled transportation service
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A kinship relationship between people.
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An individual who is related to oneself.
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A set of sets that contains the empty set, all one-element sets for any element that is included in any of the sets, and the union of any group of sets that are elements where the intersections of those sets is non-empty.
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; lack of disjointedness
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The act of connecting, or the state of being connected; the act or process of bringing two things into contact; junction; union; as, the connection between church and state is inescapable; the connection of pipes of different diameters requires an adapter.
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That which connects or joins together; bond; tie.
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any relationship between things or events; association; alliance; as, a causal connection between interest rates and stock prices.
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A relation; esp. a person connected with another by marriage rather than by blood; - used in a loose and indefinite, and sometimes a comprehensive, sense.
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The persons or things that are connected; as, a business connection; the Methodist connection.
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something that connects other objects.
Connectionnoun
usually plural) an acquaintance or acquaintances who are influential or in a position of power and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship); as, he has powerful connections.
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a communications channel; as, my cell phone had a bad connection.
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a vehicle in which one may continue a journey after debarking from another vehicle; the departing vehicle of a connection{9}; as, my connection leaves four hours after my arrival; I missed my connection.
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the scheduled arrival of one vehicle and departure of a second, sufficiently close in time and place to allow the departing vehicle serve as a means of continuing a journey begun or continued in the first vehicle; as, we can get a connection at Newark to continue on to Paris; - most commonly used of airplanes, trains, and buses arriving and departing at the same terminal.
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the transfer of a passenger from one vehicle to another to continue a journey; as, the connection was made in Copenhagen; - most commonly of scheduled transportation on common carriers.
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a vendor who can supply desired materials at a favorable price, or under conditions when other sources are unavailable; as, to get a bargain from one's connection in the jewelry trade; to have connections for the purchase of marijuana; - often used in the pl..
Connectionnoun
the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination.
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a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it);
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the state of being connected;
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an instrumentality that connects;
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(usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship);
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the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination;
Connectionnoun
a connecting shape
Connectionnoun
a supplier (especially of narcotics)
Connectionnoun
shifting from one form of transportation to another;
Connectionnoun
the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication);
Conjunctionnoun
The act of joining, or condition of being joined.
Conjunctionnoun
(obsolete) Sexual intercourse.
Conjunctionnoun
(grammar) A word used to join other words or phrases together into sentences. The specific conjunction used shows how the two joined parts are related. Example: Bread, butter and cheese.
Conjunctionnoun
(astronomy) The alignment of two bodies in the solar system such that they have the same longitude when seen from Earth.
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(astrology) An aspect in which planets are in close proximity to one another.
Conjunctionnoun
(logic) The proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the ∧ (\and) operator.
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The act of conjoining, or the state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league.
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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.
Conjunctionnoun
A connective or connecting word; an indeclinable word which serves to join together sentences, clauses of a sentence, or words; as, and, but, if.
Conjunctionnoun
the temporal property of two things happening at the same time;
Conjunctionnoun
the state of being joined together
Conjunctionnoun
an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences
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the grammatical relation between linguistic units (words or phrases or clauses) that are connected by a conjunction
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(astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac
Conjunctionnoun
something that joins or connects
