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
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.
• (something attached to something else): addition, supplement; See also adjunct
• (person associated with another): See also associate (colleague) or attendant (subordinate)
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
4 March 2025
(adjective) moved or operated or effected by liquid (water or oil); “hydraulic erosion”; “hydraulic brakes”
Espresso is both a coffee beverage and a brewing method that originated in Italy. When making an espresso, a small amount of nearly boiling water under pressure forces through finely-ground coffee beans. It has more caffeine per unit volume than most coffee beverages. Its smaller serving size will take three shots to equal a mug of standard brewed coffee.
