adjunct

[Ad·junct`]

Adjunct means something added on, but not part of the whole. An adjunct professor is someone who is hired by a college to teach but isn't a full member of the faculty.

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Conjoined; attending; consequent.

Noun
a construction that is part of a sentence but not essential to its meaning and can be omitted without making the sentence ungrammatical

Noun
something added to another thing but not an essential part of it

Noun
a person who is an assistant or subordinate to another

Adjective S.
of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another

Adjective S.
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"

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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.


Adjunct

Ad"junct` , a. [L. adjunctus, p. p. of adjungere. See Adjoin.] Conjoined; attending; consequent.
Though that my death were adjunct to my act.
Adjunct notes (Mus.), short notes between those essential to the harmony; auxiliary notes; passing notes.

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.
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.

Conjoined; attending; consequent.

Something joined or added to another thing, but not essentially a part of it.

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Usage Examples

So no one should rely on television either for their knowledge of music or for news. There's just more going on. It's an adjunct to the written word, which I think is still the most important thing.

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