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English Dictionary: adjunct	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adjunct adj furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other" Synonym(s): accessory, adjunct, ancillary, adjuvant, appurtenant, auxiliary of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another Synonym(s): adjunct, assistant n something added to another thing but not an essential part of it a person who is an assistant or subordinate to another 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
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 [bd]History.[b8] 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.