Definition of union

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Union (n.) A joint or other connection uniting parts of machinery, or the like, as the elastic pipe of a tender connecting it with the feed pipe of a locomotive engine; especially, a pipe fitting for connecting pipes, or pipes and fittings, in such a way as to facilitate disconnection..

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Connation :: Connation (n.) Connection by birth; natural union.
Liaison :: Liaison (n.) A union, or bond of union; an intimacy; especially, an illicit intimacy between a man and a woman..
Syzygy :: Syzygy (n.) Any one of the segments of an arm of a crinoid composed of two joints so closely united that the line of union is obliterated on the outer, though visible on the inner, side..
Collectiveness :: Collectiveness (n.) A state of union; mass.
Alliance :: Alliance (n.) The state of being allied; the act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league; as, matrimonial alliances; an alliance between church and state; an alliance between France and England..
Consistency :: Consistency (n.) The condition of standing or adhering together, or being fixed in union, as the parts of a body; existence; firmness; coherence; solidity..
Unloose :: Unloose (v. i.) To become unfastened; to lose all connection or union.
Repealer :: Repealer (n.) One who repeals; one who seeks a repeal; specifically, an advocate for the repeal of the Articles of Union between Great Britain and Ireland..
Suture :: Suture (n.) The line, or seam, formed by the union of two margins in any part of a plant; as, the ventral suture of a legume..
Knobstick :: Knobstick (n.) One who refuses to join, or withdraws from, a trades union..
System :: Systasis (n.) A political union, confederation, or league..
Composure :: Composure (n.) A combination; a union; a bond.
Consist :: Consist (v. i.) To stand firm; to be in a fixed or permanent state, as a body composed of parts in union or connection; to hold together; to be; to exist; to subsist; to be supported and maintained..
Antecommunion :: Antecommunion (n.) A name given to that part of the Anglican liturgy for the communion, which precedes the consecration of the elements..
Suture :: Suture (n.) The line of union, or seam, in an immovable articulation, like those between the bones of the skull; also, such an articulation itself; synarthrosis. See Harmonic suture, under Harmonic..
Fusion :: Fusion (v. t.) The union or blending together of things, as, melted together..
Trades-unionist :: Trades-unionist (n.) Alt. of Trade-unionis.
Connaturality :: Connaturality (n.) Participation of the same nature; natural union or connection.
Compactness :: Compactness (n.) The state or quality of being compact; close union of parts; density.
Linkage :: Linkage (n.) Manner of linking or of being linked; -- said of the union of atoms or radicals in the molecule.
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