Adjunct
['ædʒʌŋ(k)t] or ['ædʒʌŋkt]
Definition
(noun.) a construction that can be used to extend the meaning of a word or phrase but is not one of the main constituents of a sentence.
(noun.) something added to another thing but not an essential part of it.
(noun.) a person who is an assistant or subordinate to another.
(adj.) of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another .
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Definition
(a.) Conjoined; attending; consequent.
(n.) Something joined or added to another thing, but not essentially a part of it.
(n.) A person joined to another in some duty or service; a colleague; an associate.
(n.) 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."
(n.) A quality or property of the body or the mind, whether natural or acquired; as, color, in the body, judgment in the mind.
(n.) A key or scale closely related to another as principal; a relative or attendant key. [R.] See Attendant keys, under Attendant, a.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Addition, appendage, appurtenance, dependency, attachment, addendum, something added.
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Definition
adj. joined or added to.—n. the thing joined or added as a qualifying addition to a name expressing any personal quality or the like: a person joined to another in some office or service: (gram.) any word or clause enlarging the subject or predicate: (logic) any accompanying quality or non-essential attribute.—n. Adjunc′tion the act of joining: the thing joined.—adj. Adjunct′ive joining.—advs. Adjunct′ively Adjunct′ly in connection with.
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Examples
- By means of this adjunct the dashes and dots of the transmitted impulses could be recorded upon a paper ribbon passing continuously over the drum. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- This latter car had an interesting adjunct in an electric braking system (covered by Edison's Patent No. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It is believed that wireless telephony will form a most important adjunct and extension to the existing schemes of communication. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- As an adjunct in curing mild hams and bacon it would be of great use, for these, when cured lightly, would not go bad, as they often do in the summer time. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- It is simply a circular brush mounted upon the end of a tool resembling a carpenter’s brace, and is a useful and convenient adjunct to the machine. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The medical battery is a well-known and useful adjunct to the physician’s outfit. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Into this converted structure was put the most complete steam plant obtainable, together with all the mechanical and engineering adjuncts bearing upon economical and successful operation. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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