Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Conjunct"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Conjunct \Con*junct"\, a. [L. conjunctus, p. p. See {Conjoin}.]
1. United; conjoined; concurrent. [Archaic]

2. (Her.) Same as {Conjoined}.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

conjunct
adj 1: (music) progressing melodically by intervals of a second;
"conjunct motion of an ascending scale" [ant: {disjunct}]
2: bound in close association; "conjunct influences"; "conjunct
ideas"
3: 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}]


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