# conjunction (grammar)

a term that joins two thing together

- Computed level: L12 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: language  ·  Arena: communication

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [terms](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-terms.language), [join](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-join.connection)

**Through:** The term that joins two thing together forms a conjunction.

**Novel properties:**
- linking function
- combined meaning

## Examples
- The word 'and' links 'bread' and 'butter' in the phrase 'bread and butter' across English speech. *(language)*
- In the 1997 Mars Pathfinder mission, the conjunction 'but' contrasted expected and actual terrain hardness in command logic. *(computing)*
- The Magna Carta linked barons' rights and the king's duties using 'and' in Clause 12, drafted at Runnymede in 1215. *(institutions)*

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-conjunction.grammar*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-conjunction.grammar.json*  
*Every definition provably resolves to space, time, energy and pattern.*