3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
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}]
n 1: something added to another thing but not an essential part
of it
2: a person who is subordinate to another
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