An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics
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In → =graph theory, a graph if for every pair of distinct vertices there is a path.

→ connected; → graph.

The act or state of connecting. The state of being connected. Something that connects; link; bond.

Verbal noun of → connect.

1) (adj.) Serving to → connect or capable of connecting.
2) (n.) Something that connects.
3) → logical connective.

→ connect + → -ive.

Hâbdandâr, from hâband present stem of hâbandidan, → connect, + -âr contraction of âvar, from âvardan "to bring, cause, produce," → format; hâbandandé verbal adj. from hâbandidan.

1) General: The state or ability of being connected.
2) Computers: The capacity of a machine to be connected to other facilities.

→ connective + → -ity.

A person or thing that connects.

→ connect; → -or.

1) To acquire by force of arms; to overcome by force.
2) Successfully overcome an obstacle or weakness.

From O.Fr. conquerre "conquer, defeat, vanquish," from V.L. *conquaerere, L. conquirere "to search for, procure by effort," from → com- + quaerere "to seek, gain."

Hanânidan, from Av. hanānī, han- "to conquer;" cf. Skt. sanⁱ "to win, gain;" Gk. hanutein "to complete, accomplish;" OHG sinnan "to strive after something" (Cheung 2007).

A person who conquers a place or people.

→ conquer; → -or.

1) The act or process of conquering.
2) Something conquered; especially territory appropriated in war (Merriam-Webster.com).

Ultimately related to → conquer.

1) Aware of one's own existence, sensations, thoughts, surroundings, etc.
2) Having the mental faculties fully active (Dictionary.com).

From L. conscius "knowing, aware," from conscire "to be (mutually) aware," from → com- "with," or "thoroughly" + scire "to know," → science.

Hâsan, from hâ- intensive and nuance prefix, → com-, + san variant of zan-, zân- (farzâné), dân- (dânestan), šen- (šenâxtan), → know, → science; cf. Kurd. nâsin "to know, recognize," O.Khotanese (+ *aua-) vaysān- "to recognize," (+ *pati-) paysān- "to recognize," (+ *ui-) biysen- "to wake up."

1) The state of being conscious; awareness of one's own existence, sensations, thoughts, surroundings, etc.
2) The thoughts and feelings, collectively, of an individual or of an aggregate of people.
3) Philo.: The mind or the mental faculties as characterized by thought, feelings, and volition (Dictionary.com).

→ conscious; → -ness.

General agreement or concord.

From L. consensus "agreement, accord," p.p. of consentire, → consent.

Hamrâyân, from hamrây "of the same mind, of equal opinion," → consent, + plurality and situation suffix -ân.

1a) Agreement in sentiment, opinion, a course of action, etc.
1b) Permission, approval, or agreement; compliance; acquiescence.
2) To permit, approve, or agree; comply or yield (Dictionary.com).

M.E. consenten, from O.Fr. consentir "agree, comply," from L. consentire "feel together," from → com- "with" + sentire, "to feel," → sense.

Hamrâyi, from hamrây "of the same mind, of equal opinion," from ham-, → com-, + rây "opinion, consult," → reason.

A phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon.

From O.Fr. consequence "result," from L. consequentia, from consequentem (nom. consequens), prp. of consequi "to follow after," from &arr; com- "with" + sequi "to follow," (cf. Skt. sacate "accompanies, follows," Av. hacaiti, Gk. hepesthai "to follow"), from PIE base *sekw- "to follow".

Peyâmad, from pey "after; footstep; foot" (Mid.Pers. pay "step, after," O.Pers. nipadiy "on the track of, close after," from ni-, → ni- (PIE), + padiy, from pad- "foot", Av. paδa- "step, footstep," Skt. padá- "step, foorstep;" cf. Gk. pos, L. pes; PIE root *pod-/*ped-) + âmad "to come, arrive," shortened infinitive of âmadan, Mid.Pers. âmatan, O.Iranian *āgmatani, O.Pers., Av. gam- "to come; to go," Av. jamaiti "goes," Skt. gamati "goes," Gk. bainein "to go, walk, step," L. venire "to come," Tocharian A käm- "to come," O.H.G. queman "to come," E. come; PIE root *gwem- "to go, come."

Logic: In a → conditional proposition, the → clause which follows then. See also → antecedent.

→ consequence.

The act or an instance of conserving.

Verbal noun of → conserve.

A general statement that a → physical quantity, such as → energy, → mass, → momentum, or → electric charge is unchanged in an → interaction occurring within a → closed system. See also:
→ conservation of charge, → conservation of energy, → conservation of mass, → conservation of mass and energy, → conservation of matter, → conservation of momentum, → conservation of probability, → parity conservation, → conservative field.

→ conservation; → law.

In any given → frame of reference, → electric charge is neither created nor destroyed. This → law must not be confused with → charge invariance.

→ conservation; → charge.

The → principle whereby the → total energy of a → closed system remains → constant. This means that energy can neither be created nor destroyed. See also the → first law of thermodynamics.

→ conservation; → energy.

A → principle of → classical physics whereby → matter can be neither created nor destroyed. Matter can, however, be → converted into → energy, as predicated by the theory of → special relativity. Also called → conservation of matter.

→ conservation; → mass.

A principle, resulting from Einstein's theory of → special relativity whereby in any → closed system the sum of mass and energy remains → constant.

→ conservation; → mass; → energy.