counions

Noun

counion (plural counions)

1. The join or union of all sets that meet a specified condition.
   • the left adjoint […] preserves direct factors, their cointersections, their complements and thus their counions1986, Yves Diers, Categories of Boolean sheaves of simple algebras
2. (attributive) Others in a trade union.
   • After weeks of fruitless negotiations, Bollinger and his counion members went out on strike, demanding a pay boost.1977, McKee Fisk, Norbert J. Mietus, Applied Business Law
3. Communion.
   • Counion with Him is His desire, not a robotic family who is programmed or shows up out of duty or obligation.2015, Rhonda Ambrose, Beyond the Door, →ISBN
4. The act or result of joining or merging; union.
   • Yet this crucial break did not become an environmental threat until the counion of science and technology in the nineteenth century.2001, Hans-Dirk van Hoogstraten, Deep Economy: Caring for Ecology, Humanity and Religion, →ISBN, page 62