different between coincidence vs conjunction

English

Alternative forms

• coïncidence (uncommon)
• coincidency (dated)

Etymology

From French coïncidence.

Morphologically coincide +? -ence.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k????ns?d?ns/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ko???ns?d?ns/, /k??w?ns?d?ns/

Noun

coincidence (countable and uncountable, plural coincidences)

1. Of objects, the property of being coincident; occurring at the same time or place.
2. Of events, the appearance of a meaningful connection when there is none.
3. (mathematical analysis) A coincidence point.
4. (geometry) A fixed point of a correspondence; a point of a variety corresponding to itself under a correspondence.

Synonyms

• (of objects and time): concurrentness, synchronicity; see also Thesaurus:simultaneousness
• (in analysis): coincidence point

Derived terms

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Translations

English

Etymology

From Old French conjonction, from Latin coni?ncti? (“joining”), from coniungere (“to join”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?d???k??n/
• Hyphenation: con?junc?tion
• Rhymes: -??k??n

Noun

conjunction (countable and uncountable, plural conjunctions)

1. The act of joining, or condition of being joined.

   Synonyms: connection, union

2. (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.
3. (astronomy) The alignment of two bodies in the solar system such that they have the same longitude when seen from Earth.

   Hyponyms: grand conjunction, great conjunction, inferior conjunction, superior conjunction, topocentric conjunction

4. (astrology) An aspect in which planets are in close proximity to one another.
5. (logic) The proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the ? (${\displaystyle \land }$) operator.

   Coordinate term: disjunction

   Meronyms: conjunct, logical connective

6. (obsolete) Sexual intercourse.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:copulation

Related terms

• conjugate
• conjunctive normal form
• conjunctive

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Further reading

• conjunction on Wikipedia.Wikipedia