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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Adjunct \Ad"junct`\, a. [L. adjunctus, p. p. of adjungere. See
Adjoin.]
Conjoined; attending; consequent.
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Though that my death were adjunct to my act. --Shak.
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Adjunct notes (Mus.), short notes between those essential
to the harmony; auxiliary notes; passing notes.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Adjunct \Ad"junct`\, n.
1. Something joined or added to another thing, but not
essentially a part of it.
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Learning is but an adjunct to our self. --Shak.
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2. A person joined to another in some duty or service; a
colleague; an associate. --Wotton.
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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."
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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.
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5. (Mus.) 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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WordNet 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 an assistant or subordinate to another
3: a construction that is part of a sentence but not essential
to its meaning and can be omitted without making the
sentence ungrammatical

Moby Dictionary
accession , accessory , accident , accidental , accord , accretion ,
addendum , addition , adjunction , adornment , affairs , affiliation ,
affinity , affix , affixation , agglutination , aggrandizement ,
alliance , ally , ampliation , amplification , annexation , appanage ,
appendage , appendix , approximation , appurtenance , arrangement ,
aspect , assemblage , associate , association , attachment , attendant ,
augmentation , auxiliary , bedfellow , bond , broadening , brother ,
brother-in-arms , circumstance , closeness , coadjutor , cohort ,
collateral , colleague , color , color patterns , combination ,
companion , compatriot , compeer , component , comrade , concomitant ,
confederate , confrere , connectedness , connection , consociate ,
consort , constituent , contents , contiguity , contingency ,
contingent , contrariety , corollary , crescendo , crony ,
cross section , dealings , decor , decoration , deduction , deployment ,
detachment , detail , disjunction , dispersion , division , dole ,
elaboration , element , embellishment , emblazonment , emblazonry ,
embroidery , enlargement , expansion , extension , extra , factor ,
fanning out , feature , fellow , fellow member , filiation , fixings ,
fixture , flare , flourish , flower arrangement , fraction ,
furniture arrangement , garnish , garnishment , garniture ,
happenstance , hiking , homology , illumination , incidental , increase ,
inessential , ingredient , installment , integrant , intercourse ,
intimacy , item , joining , junction , juxtaposition , liaison , link ,
linkage , linking , magnification , makings , mere chance ,
mutual attraction , nearness , nonessential , not-self , ornament ,
ornamentation , other , parcel , part , part and parcel , particular ,
percentage , portion , prefixation , propinquity , proximity , quadrant ,
quarter , quota , raising , random sample , rapport , reinforcement ,
relatedness , relation , relations , relationship , remainder , sample ,
sampling , secondary , section , sector , segment , share , similarity ,
specialty , splay , spread , spreading , subdivision , subgroup ,
subsidiary , subspecies , suffixation , superaddition , superfetation ,
superjunction , superposition , supplement , supplementation ,
sympathy , tie , tie-in , trim , trimming , unessential , union , uniting ,
upping , widening , window dressing