Hypertext Webster Gateway: "adjunct"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Adjunct \Ad"junct`\, a. [L. adjunctus, p. p. of adjungere. See
{Adjoin}.]
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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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. --Shak.

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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

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


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