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adjunct
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
Adjunct \Ad"junct`\, n.
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Something joined or added to another thing, but not essentially a part of it.
Learning is but an adjunct to our self.
--Shak. A person joined to another in some duty or service; a colleague; an associate.
--Wotton.(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.''
(Metaph.) A quality or property of the body or the mind, whether natural or acquired; as, color, in the body, judgment in the mind.
(Mus.) A key or scale closely related to another as principal; a relative or attendant key. [R.] See Attendant keys, under Attendant, a.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1580s, from Latin adiunctus "closely connected, joined, united" (as a noun, "a characteristic, essential attribute"), past participle of adiungere "join to" (see adjoin).
1590s, from Latin adiunctus "closely connected, joined, united," past participle of adiungere "join to" (see adjoin). Adjunct professor is 1826, American English.
Wiktionary
a. 1 Connected in a subordinate function. 2 Added to a faculty or staff in a secondary position. n. 1 An appendage; something attached to something else in a subordinate capacity. 2 A person associated with another, usually in a subordinate position; a colleague. 3 (context grammar English) A dispensable phrase in a clause or sentence that amplify its meaning, such as "for a while" in "I typed for a while". 4 (context rhetoric English) symploce. 5 (context dated metaphysics English) A quality or property of the body or mind, whether natural or acquired, such as colour in the body or judgement in the mind. 6 (context music English) A key or scale closely related to another as principal; a relative or attendant key. 7 (context syntax X-bar theory English) A constituent which is both the daughter and the sister of an X-bar.
WordNet
adj. 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]
of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another [syn: assistant]
n. something added to another thing but not an essential part of it
a person who is an assistant or subordinate to another
a construction that is part of a sentence but not essential to its meaning and can be omitted without making the sentence ungrammatical
Wikipedia
Adjunct may refer to:
- Adjunct (grammar), words used as modifiers
- Adjunct professor, a rank of university professor
- Adjuncts, sources of sugar used in brewing
- Adjunct therapy used to complement another main therapeutic agent, either to improve efficacy or to reduce side-effects
- The adjugate of a matrix, sometimes called the adjunct
In linguistics, an adjunct is an optional, or structurally dispensable, part of a sentence, clause, or phrase that, if removed or discarded, will not otherwise affect the remainder of the sentence. Example: In the sentence John helped Bill in Central Park, the phrase in Central Park is an adjunct.
A more detailed definition of the adjunct emphasizes its attribute as a modifying form, word, or phrase that depends on another form, word, or phrase, being an element of clause structure with adverbial function. An adjunct is not an argument (nor is it a predicative expression), and an argument is not an adjunct. The argument–adjunct distinction is central in most theories of syntax and semantics. The terminology used to denote arguments and adjuncts can vary depending on the theory at hand. Some dependency grammars, for instance, employ the term circonstant (instead of adjunct), following Tesnière (1959).
The area of grammar that explores the nature of predicates, their arguments, and adjuncts is called valency theory. Predicates have valency; they determine the number and type of arguments that can or must appear in their environment. The valency of predicates is also investigated in terms of subcategorization.
Usage examples of "adjunct".
At least two of his acolytes were needed as adjunct sources of mental energy if he was to be able to scan the sea over long distances, descrying the enemy vessels in pursuit.
Uses of, and Ingredients used in the Preparation of Cosmetics -- Preparation of Perfumes by Pressure, Distillation, Maceration, Absorption or Enfleurage, and Extraction Methods -- Chemical and Animal Products used in the Preparation of Cosmetics -- Oils and Fats used in the Preparation of Cosmetics -- General Cosmetic Preparations -- Mouth Washes and Tooth Pastes -- Hair Dyes, Hair Restorers and Depilatories -- Cosmetic Adjuncts and Specialities -- Colouring Cosmetic Preparations -- Antiseptic Washes and Soaps -- Toilet and Hygienic Soaps -- Secret Preparations for Skin, Complexion, Teeth, Mouth, etc.
From the way Yeddo toyed with the box, The Shadow recognized that it had potential adjuncts as a weapon.
The very low initial heat, and the employment of relatively large quantities of readily transformable malt adjuncts, enable the American brewer to make use of a class of malt which would be considered quite unfit for brewing in an English brewery.
She received me in her boudoir, and on my way thither I could not but observe the perfect quiet and cloistered seclusion that prevaded the whole house,--the house itself seeming only an adjunct of the still and sunny garden, of which one caught a glimpse through the long open hall--windows beyond.
A deputy adjunct undersecretary in the Ministry of the Interior, whatever it sounds like, is no teadrinking understrapper but one of the most important keys to government.
The attack on Relay had been a minor adjunct to the murder of Old One.
But where else would we adjuncts receive such a spiritual lift than from these eager young- and- often- older learners, who are there every day or night to absorb as much as they can in spite of missed meals, four- hours- anight sleep, crowded subway trains and the unkindest cut of all-- the charge that they are responsible for a deteriorating quality of education.
He is on the faculty of the FBI Academy in the Behavioral Science Unit, and also holds adjunct faculty status with the University of Virginia and Michigan State University, and is a senior research fellow with the University of Pennsylvania.
It was in the Flyboat, a tavern off the Warmoesstraat, close enough to the Exchange that merchants regarded it as adjunct, a place to continue business when the gates of the bourse closed.
Darwin was perfectly innocent of any intention of getting rid of mind, and did not, probably, care the toss of sixpence whether the universe was instinct with mind or no - what he did care about was carrying off the palm in the matter of descent with modification, and the distinctive feature was an adjunct with which his nervous, sensitive, Gladstonian nature would not allow him to dispense.
At the time of our passing through, it was an adjunct of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, or what still remained of that kingdom, which has since fallen entirely under the rule of the Mamluk Saracens.
Uses of, and Ingredients used in the Preparation of Cosmetics -- Preparation of Perfumes by Pressure, Distillation, Maceration, Absorption or Enfleurage, and Extraction Methods -- Chemical and Animal Products used in the Preparation of Cosmetics -- Oils and Fats used in the Preparation of Cosmetics -- General Cosmetic Preparations -- Mouth Washes and Tooth Pastes -- Hair Dyes, Hair Restorers and Depilatories -- Cosmetic Adjuncts and Specialities -- Colouring Cosmetic Preparations -- Antiseptic Washes and Soaps -- Toilet and Hygienic Soaps -- Secret Preparations for Skin, Complexion, Teeth, Mouth, etc.
Adjunct Lorn is killed in Darujhistan, High Fist Dujek and his army turn renegade, effectively surrendering the entire Genabackan Campaign, and the Year of Dryjhna approaches here in Seven Cities, prophesied as the year of rebellion.
This night, friend Aral Fayle, I shall endeavour to tell you of the fall of Adjunct Lorn.