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Adjunction

Adjunction \Ad*junc"tion\, n. [L. adjunctio, fr. adjungere: cf. F. adjonction, and see Adjunct.] The act of joining; the thing joined or added.

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adjunction

n. 1 The act of joining; the thing joined or added. 2 (context category theory English) A form of similarity between a pair of categories mapped to each other by dual morphisms. 3 (context legal English) The joining of personal property owned by one to that owned by another.

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adjunction

n. an act of joining or adjoining things [syn: junction]

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Adjunction (field theory)

In abstract algebra, adjunction is a construction in field theory, where for a given field extension E/F, subextensions between E and F are constructed.