conjunction, in astronomy

conjunction, in astronomy, alignment of two celestial bodies as seen from the earth. Conjunction of the moon and the planets is often determined by reference to the sun. When a body is in conjunction with the sun, it rises with the sun, and thus cannot be seen; its elongation elongation, in astronomy, the angular distance between two points in the sky as measured from a third point. The elongation of a planet is usually measured as the angular distance from the sun to the planet as measured from the earth.
..... Click the link for more information. is 0°. The moon is in conjunction with the sun when it is new; if the conjunction is perfect, an eclipse eclipse (ēklĭps`, ĭ–) [Gr.
..... Click the link for more information. of the sun will occur. Mercury and Venus, the two inferior planets, have two positions of conjunction. When either lies directly between the earth and the sun, it is in inferior conjunction; when either lies on the far side of the sun from the earth, it is in superior conjunction.

conjunction, part of speech

conjunction, in English, part of speech part of speech, in traditional English grammar , any one of about eight major classes of words, based on the parts of speech of ancient Greek and Latin. The parts of speech are noun , verb , adjective , adverb, interjection , preposition , conjunction , and pronoun .
..... Click the link for more information. serving to connect words or constructions, e.g., and, but, and or. Most languages have connective particles similar to English conjunctions. In some languages words, phrases, or clauses may be connected by a suffix added to a word, e.g., -que and -ve in Latin.

conjunction

1. Astronomy

a. the position of any two bodies that appear to meet, such as two celestial bodies on the celestial sphere

b. the position of a planet or the moon when it is in line with the sun as seen from the earth. The inner planets are in inferior conjunction when the planet is between the earth and the sun and in superior conjunction when the sun lies between the earth and the planet

2. Astrology an exact aspect of 0° between two planets, etc., an orb of 8° being allowed

3. Logic

a. the operator that forms a compound sentence from two given sentences, and corresponds to the English and

b. a sentence so formed. Usually written p&q, p⋀q, or p.q., where p,q are the component sentences, it is true only when both these are true

c. the relation between such sentences

conjunction - AND

conjunction (redirected from alignment)

conjunction, in astronomy

conjunction, part of speech

conjunction
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