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conjunction, in astronomyconjunction, 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 speechconjunction, 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.
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| Although many modern historians have been "repelled by the ambiguities and vagueness of the statutes and by the inconsistencies in the prosecution of these laws," medieval juries were diligent enough in the use of conjunctive vocabulary that many cases of ravishment can be found among the felony suits of the records of the king's courts. The Federal Circuit in Coltec also ignored the circuit split on whether the economic substance test is a conjunctive or disjunctive test. The court had to determine whether Congress meant to use the word "and" conjunctively or disjunctively If a conjunctive interpretation was intended, the tax would be imposed only if the charges were computed based on the time and the distance of the calls. |
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