conjunction ۱) همایستان، هاجوهش؛ ۲) هاجوهش 1) hamistân, hâjuheš; 2) hâjuheš Fr.: conjonction A position of two bodies in the → solar system
when they have the same → celestial longitude,
seen from the Earth. The bodies can be a → planet
and the → Sun, two planets or the
→ Moon and a planet. The
→ superior planets are in conjunction with the Sun,
when, seen from the Earth, they are right behind the Sun. The
→ inferior planets, such as Mercury and Venus,
have two conjunctions with the Sun: → inferior conjunction,
when they are between the Earth and the Sun, and
→ superior conjunction, when they are on the other
side of the Sun.
Logic: A → proposition of the form
“A and B” (A ∧ B), where A and
B are themselves propositions. For example, if A is “It is 8 O’clock”
and B is “We are late,” then A∧ B is
“It is 8 O’clock and we are late.” A and B are called
→ conjuncts. The conjunction of A and
B is → true only if A and B are
both true.
Grammar: A word that connects words, phrases, or clauses, or
sentences. Examples are: and, or, but, because, however, neither.
Etymology (EN): M.E. conjunccio(u)n, from O.Fr. conjonction, from L.
conjunctionem, p.p. of conjugare “to join together,” from
→ com- “together” + jugare “to join,” from
jugum “yoke,” from PIE *yeug- “to join;”
Av. yaog- “to yoke, put to; to join, unite;” Mid.Pers. jug,
ayoxtan “to join, yoke;” Mod.Pers. yuq “yoke,” variant juh,
→ yoke; Skt. yugam “yoke;” Hittite yugan
“yoke;” Gk. zygon “yoke,” zeugnyanai “to join, unite;”
O.C.S. igo; O.Welsh iou; Lith. jungas; O.E. geoc. Etymology (PE): Hamistân “standing together,” from ham- “together,”
→ com- + istân “standing,” from istâdan
“to stand” (cf. Skt samstha “an assembly”), Mid.Pers.
êstâtan, O.Pers./Av. sta- “to stand, stand still; set,”
Av. hištaiti, cf. Skt. sthâ- “to stand,”
Gk. histemi “put, place, weigh,” stasis “a standing still,”
L. stare “to stand.”
Hâjuheš, from hâ-, variant of ham-,
→ com-, + juh “yoke,” as above. |
