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Intersection vs. Conjunction — What's the Difference?

Intersection vs. Conjunction — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Intersection and Conjunction

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Intersection

In mathematics, the intersection of two or more objects is another, usually "smaller" object. Intuitively, the intersection of objects is that which belongs to all of them.

Conjunction

The act of joining.

Intersection

The act, process, or result of intersecting.

Conjunction

The state of being joined.

Intersection

A place where things intersect, especially a place where two or more roads cross.
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Conjunction

A joint or simultaneous occurrence; concurrence
The conjunction of historical and economic forces that created a depression.

Intersection

The point or locus of points where one line, surface, or solid crosses another.

Conjunction

One resulting from or embodying a union; a combination
"He is, in fact, a remarkable conjunction of talents" (Jerry Adler).

Intersection

A set that contains elements shared by two or more given sets.

Conjunction

The part of speech that serves to connect words, phrases, clauses, or sentences.

Intersection

The junction of two (or more) paths, streets, highways, or other thoroughfares.

Conjunction

Any of the words belonging to this part of speech, such as and, but, as, and because.

Intersection

Any overlap, confluence, or crossover.

Conjunction

(Astronomy) The position of two celestial objects when they have the same celestial longitude. As viewed from Earth, two objects in conjunction will appear to be close to each other in the sky.

Intersection

(geometry) The point or set of points common to two geometrical objects (such as the point where two lines meet or the line where two planes intersect).

Conjunction

A compound proposition that has components joined by the word and or its symbol and is true only if both or all the components are true.

Intersection

(set theory) The set containing all the elements that are common to two or more sets.

Conjunction

The relationship between the components of a conjunction.

Intersection

(sports) The element where two or more straight lines of synchronized skaters pass through each other.[http://www.isu.org/vsite/vcontent/content/transnews/0,10869,4844-128590-19728-18885-295370-3787-4771-layout160-129898-news-item,00.html]

Conjunction

The act of joining, or condition of being joined.

Intersection

(category theory) The pullback of a corner of monics.

Conjunction

(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.

Intersection

The act, state, or place of intersecting.

Conjunction

Cooccurrence; coincidence.

Intersection

The point or line in which one line or surface cuts another.

Conjunction

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

Intersection

A point where lines intersect

Conjunction

(astrology) An aspect in which planets are in close proximity to one another.

Intersection

A junction where one street or road crosses another

Conjunction

(logic) The proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the ∧ (\and) operator.

Intersection

A point or set of points common to two or more geometric configurations

Conjunction

A place where multiple things meet

Intersection

The set of elements common to two or more sets;
The set of red hats is the intersection of the set of hats and the set of red things

Conjunction

(obsolete) Sexual intercourse.

Intersection

A representation of common ground between theories or phenomena;
There was no overlap between their proposals

Conjunction

The act of conjoining, or the state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league.
He will unite the white rose and the red:Smille heaven upon his fair conjunction.
Man can effect no great matter by his personal strength but as he acts in society and conjunction with others.

Intersection

The act of intersecting (as joining by causing your path to intersect your target's path)

Conjunction

A connective or connecting word; an indeclinable word which serves to join together sentences, clauses of a sentence, or words; as, and, but, if.
Though all conjunctions conjoin sentences, yet, with respect to the sense, some are conjunctive and some disjunctive.

Conjunction

The temporal property of two things happening at the same time;
The interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable

Conjunction

The state of being joined together

Conjunction

An uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences

Conjunction

The grammatical relation between linguistic units (words or phrases or clauses) that are connected by a conjunction

Conjunction

(astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac

Conjunction

Something that joins or connects

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