ad·junct

(ăj′ŭngkt′)

1. Something attached to another in a dependent or subordinate position. See Synonyms at attachment.

2. A person associated with another in a subordinate or auxiliary capacity.

3. Grammar A clause or phrase added to a sentence that, while not essential to the sentence's structure, amplifies its meaning, such as for several hours in We waited for several hours.

4. Logic A nonessential attribute of a thing.

adj.

1. Added or connected in a subordinate or auxiliary capacity: an adjunct clause.

2. Attached to a faculty or staff in a temporary or auxiliary capacity: an adjunct professor of history.

[From Latin adiūnctus, past participle of adiungere, to join to; see adjoin.]

ad·junc′tion (ə-jŭngk′shən) n.

ad·junc′tive adj.

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adjunction

(əˈdʒʌŋkʃən)

(Grammar) (in phrase-structure grammar) the relationship between a branch of a tree representing a sentence to other branches to its left or right that descend from the same node immediately above

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Noun

adjunction - an act of joining or adjoining things

junction

joining, connexion, connection - the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication); "the joining of hands around the table"; "there was a connection via the internet"

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