ADJUNCT

adjunct, assistant

(adjective) of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another

accessory, adjunct, ancillary, adjuvant, appurtenant, auxiliary

(adjective) furnishing added support; “an ancillary pump”; “an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism”; “The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other”

adjunct

(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

adjunct

(noun) something added to another thing but not an essential part of it

adjunct

(noun) a person who is an assistant or subordinate to another

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

adjunct (plural adjuncts)

An appendage; something attached to something else in a subordinate capacity.

A person associated with another, usually in a subordinate position; a colleague.

(brewing) An unmalted grain or grain product that supplements the main mash ingredient.

(dated, metaphysics) A quality or property of the body or mind, whether natural or acquired, such as colour in the body or judgement in the mind.

(music) A key or scale closely related to another as principal; a relative or attendant key.

(grammar) A dispensable phrase in a clause or sentence that amplifies its meaning, such as "for a while" in "I typed for a while".

(syntax, X-bar theory) A constituent which is both the daughter and the sister of an X-bar.

(rhetoric) Symploce.

(category theory) One of a pair of morphisms which relate to each other through a pair of adjoint functors.

Synonyms

• (something attached to something else): addition, supplement; See also adjunct

• (person associated with another): See also associate (colleague) or attendant (subordinate)

Adjective

adjunct (comparative more adjunct, superlative most adjunct)

Connected in a subordinate function.

Added to a faculty or staff in a secondary position.

Source: Wiktionary

Ad"junct`, a. Etym: [L. adjunctus, p. p. of adjungere. See Adjoin.]

Definition: 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.

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.)

Definition: 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.)

Definition: 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.)

Definition: A key or scale closely related to another as principal; a relative or attendant key. [R.] See Attendant keys, under Attendant, a.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition