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3 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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