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11 words match “CONJOINT”

CONJOINT a.
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 wr…
CONJOINTLY adv.
In a conjoint manner; untitedly; jointly; together. Sir T. Browne.
CONJOINTNESS n.
The qquality of being conjoint.
ALTOGETHER adv.
All together; conjointly. [Obs.] Altogether they wenChaucer.
COMPONENT n.
A constituent part; an ingredient. Component of force (Mech.), a force which, acting conjointly with one or more forces, produces the effect of a single force or resultant; one of a number of forces into which a single force may be resolved.
CONJUNCTLY adv.
In union; conjointly; unitedly; together. Sir W. Hamilton.
DISJOINT a.
Disjointed; unconnected; -- opposed to conjoint. Milton.
FIDEJUSSOR n.
A surety; one bound for another, conjointly with him; a guarantor. Blackstone.
PSYCHOPHYSICS n.
ousness; the science which treats of the relations of the psychical and physical in their conjoint operation in man; the doctrine of the relation of function or dependence between body and soul.
RESULTANT a.
sultant force or motion (Mech.), a force which is the result of two or more forces acting conjointly, or a motion which is the result of two or more motions combined. See Composition of forces, under Composition.
SLIDE n.
A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below.