The Collaborative International Dictionary
Conjoint \Con*joint"\, a. [F. conjoint, p. p. of conjoindre. See
Conjoin, and cf. Conjunct.]
United; connected; associated. ``Influence conjoint.''
--Glover.
Conjoint degrees (Mus.), two notes which follow each other
immediately in the order of the scale, as ut and re.
--Johnson.
Conjoint tetrachords (Mus.), two tetrachords or fourths, where the same note is the highest of one and the lowest of the other; -- also written conjunct.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
a. 1 conjoined 2 acting together; collaborative n. (context logic English) Either term of a conjunction
WordNet
adj. progressing melodically by intervals of a second; "conjunct motion of an ascending scale" [ant: disjunct]
bound in close association; "conjunct influences"; "conjunct ideas"
involving the joint activity of two or more; "the attack was met by the combined strength of two divisions"; "concerted action"; "the conjunct influence of fire and strong dring"; "the conjunctive focus of political opposition"; "a cooperative effort"; "a united effort"; "joint military activities" [syn: combined, concerted, conjunctive, cooperative, united]
Wikipedia
In linguistics, the term conjunct has three distinct uses:
- A conjunct is an adverbial that adds information to the sentence that is not considered part of the propositional content (or at least not essential) but which connects the sentence with previous parts of the discourse. Rare as it may be, conjuncts may also connect to the following parts of the discourse.
- It was raining. Therefore, we didn’t go swimming.
- It was sunny. However, we stayed inside.
- You are such a dork. Still, I love you from the bottom of my heart.
- A coordination structure connects two words, phrases or clauses together, usually with the help of a coordinating conjunction:
- [Gretchen and her daughter] bought [motor oil, spark plugs, and dynamite].
- Take two of these and call me in the morning.
- A verb form, for example the conjunct verb endings of Old Irish or the conjunct mood (sometimes called the subjunctive mood) of Algonquian languages.
This article discusses the first kind of conjunct.
Usage examples of "conjunct".
Therefore, and to enable the said Gilbert Burns to make good his said engagement, wit ye me to have assigned, disponed, conveyed and made over to, and in favours of, the said Gilbert Burns, his heirs, executors, and assignees, who are always to be bound in like manner, with, himself, all and sundry goods, gear, corns, cattle, horses, nolt, sheep, household furniture, and all other moveable effects of whatever kind that I shall leave behind me on my departure from this Kingdom, after allowing for my part of the conjunct debts due by the said Gilbert Burns and me as joint tacksmen of the farm of Mossgiel.
Leo, the sign of his Birth, he's bless'd with a Stellium, of Mercury, Venus, and Mars, Mars being also conjunct his Sun, tho' both are regrettably squar'd Jupiter and Saturn.
He made the rounds with his snuffers, and resorted at last to his cosy living-room, leaving the shop lit only through a skylight-by the far-off gleam of four crucial conjunct planets wheeling downward from the zenithal line.