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Conjunction

The act of conjoining, or the state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league.

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Narrower term 12

Anastomosis 76% connected

The inosculation of vessels, or intercommunication between two or more vessels or nerves, as the cross communication between arteries or veins.

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Concomitance 76% connected

Alt. of Concomitancy

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Contact 76% connected

A close union or junction of bodies; a touching or meeting.

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Contemporaneity 76% connected

The state of being contemporaneous.

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Inosculation 76% connected

The junction or connection of vessels, channels, or passages, so that their contents pass from one to the other; union by mouths or ducts; anastomosi…

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Joint 76% connected

The place or part where two things or parts are joined or united; the union of two or more smooth or even surfaces admitting of a close-fitting or ju…

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Overlap 76% connected

To lap over; to lap.

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Splice 76% connected

To unite, as two ropes, or parts of a rope, by a particular manner of interweaving the strands, -- the union being between two ends, or between an en…

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Splicing 76% connected

of Splice

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synapse 76% connected

The junction through which a neuron communicates with another cell.

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Tangency 76% connected

The quality or state of being tangent; a contact or touching.

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Unison 76% connected

Harmony; agreement; concord; union.

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Connection 76% connected

The act of connecting, or the state of being connected; junction; union; alliance; relationship.

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Connective 76% connected

Connecting, or adapted to connect; involving connection.

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Connector 76% connected

One who, or that which, connects

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Connexion 76% connected

Connection. See Connection.

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Encounter 76% connected

To come against face to face; to meet; to confront, either by chance, suddenly, or deliberately; especially, to meet in opposition or with hostile in…

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Meeting 76% connected

of Meet

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Simultaneity 76% connected

The quality or state of being simultaneous; simultaneousness.

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Unification 76% connected

The act of unifying, or the state of being unified.

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Union 76% connected

The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one, or the state of being united or joined; junction; coalition; combination.

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Coincide 74% connected

To occupy the same place in space, as two equal triangles, when placed one on the other.

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Coincide 74% connected

To occupy the same place in space, as two equal triangles, when placed one on the other.

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Alignment 92% connected

The act of adjusting to a line; arrangement in a line or lines; the state of being so adjusted; a formation in a straight line; also, the line of adj…

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Coincidence 92% connected

The condition of occupying the same place in space; as, the coincidence of circles, surfaces, etc.

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Colligation 92% connected

A binding together.

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Concurrence 92% connected

The act of concurring; a meeting or coming together; union; conjunction; combination.

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Conjugation 92% connected

the act of uniting or combining; union; assemblage.

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Conjunctive 92% connected

Serving to unite; connecting together.

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Connective 92% connected

Connecting, or adapted to connect; involving connection.

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Continuative 92% connected

A term or expression denoting continuance.

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Junction 92% connected

The act of joining, or the state of being joined; union; combination; coalition; as, the junction of two armies or detachments; the junction of paths.

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