conjunction

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  1. noun The act of joining.
  2. noun The state of being joined.
  3. noun A joint or simultaneous occurrence; concurrence: the conjunction of historical and economic forces that created a depression.
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  • But if you view "as well as" as a conjunction, then the verb that follows should be a ... what? Non-gerund?
  • In logic a conjunction is defined as an AND between truth statements. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • We show that a correct test for a logical AND requires that all the comparisons in the conjunction are individually significant. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • Although equations 1 and 2 work equally well for implementing a single conjunction, they are used in an alternating pattern here to obtain the most efficient architecture for several conjunctions. —  PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
  • In conjunction, the earth experienced higher temperatures with these more intense solar cycles.
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  1. Middle English coniunccioun, from Old French conjunction, conjuncion, from Latin coniūnctiō, coniūnctiōn-, a joining, conjunction (in grammatical sense, translation of Greek sundesmos, binding together, conjunction), from coniūnctus, past participle of coniungere, to join; see conjoin.
 

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