subjunctions

Noun

subjunction (plural subjunctions)

1. Act of subjoining, or state of being subjoined.
   • In the latter member of the sentence, he speaks hypothetically of the existence of that, which it is his business to disprove; for he does not decidedly reject the doctrine of subjunction in potential clauses; but merely contends, that, if there be subjunction, it is not so evidently marked, as in...1834, Alexander Crombie, Gymnasium, Sive Symbola Critica, page 309
2. Something subjoined.
   • The presence of the preposition as a marker for the object of exclude is interpreted in the usual way — the scope of the subjunction is VP only, excluding the direct object node.2011, Eldon G. Lytle, A Grammar of Subordinate Structures in English, page 72
3. An implication or entailment; A proposition that links two states such that one is a logical consequence of the other.
   • The primary form of subjunction is 'If P, then Q', which tells us that '{P and nonQ} is logically impossible'.1990, Avi Sion, Future Logic, page 136
4. A junction that is below or subordinate to the main junction.
   • The coaxial cable joins the leads from three other transducers at a subjunction box, and all four leads are fed through one hose to a main junction box ( Figure 11 ) at each lead on each platform leg.1970, Preprints - Offshore Technology Conference, page 252

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