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Adjunct - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Adjunct : adj
1: relating to something that is added but is not essential;
"an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms
of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxilliary
to each other" [syn: accessory, ancillary, adjuvant,
appurtenant, auxiliary, subsidiary]
2: of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another
[syn: assistant]
(noun)
1: something added to another thing but not an essential part
of it
2: a person who is an assistant or subordinate to another
3: a construction that is part of a sentence but not essential
to its meaning and can be omitted without making the
sentence ungrammatical
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Adjunct : \Ad"junct`\, a. [L. adjunctus, p. p. of adjungere. See
Adjoin.]
Conjoined; attending; consequent.
Though that my death were adjunct to my act. --Shak.
Adjunct notes (Mus.), short notes between those essential
to the harmony; auxiliary notes; passing notes.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Adjunct : \Ad"junct`\, n.
1. Something joined or added to another thing, but not
essentially a part of it.
Learning is but an adjunct to our self. --Shak.
2. A person joined to another in some duty or service; a
colleague; an associate. --Wotton.
3. (Gram.) A word or words added to quality or amplify the
force of other words; as, the History of the American
Revolution, where the words in italics are the adjunct or
adjuncts of ``History.''
4. (Metaph.) A quality or property of the body or the mind,
whether natural or acquired; as, color, in the body,
judgment in the mind.
5. (Mus.) A key or scale closely related to another as
principal; a relative or attendant key. [R.] See
Attendant keys, under Attendant, a.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Adjunct |
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