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adjunct.

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

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈæd͡ʒ.ʌŋkt/
  1. An appendage; something attached to something else in a subordinate capacity.

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

  3. Ellipsis of adjunct professor.

    abbreviation · alt-of · ellipsis
  4. An unmalted grain or grain product that supplements the main mash ingredient.

  5. A quality or property of the body or mind, whether natural or acquired, such as colour in the body or judgement in the mind.

    dated
  6. A key or scale closely related to another as principal; a relative or attendant key.

  7. A phrase within a clause or sentence that is grammatically dispensable but not semantically so, modifying the meaning.

  8. A graphic element that modifies another, such as (in Linear B script) a small syllabogram that is attached to a logogram as an abbreviation of an adjective that modifies that logogram (rather than as a phonetic complement that disambiguates the logogram).

  9. A constituent which is both the daughter and the sister of an X-bar.

  10. Symploce.

    rhetoric
  11. One of a pair of morphisms which relate to each other through a pair of adjoint functors.

Where this word comes from

From Latin adiunctus, perfect passive participle of adiungō (“join to”), from ad + iungō (“join”). Doublet of adjoint.

adj/ˈæd͡ʒ.ʌŋkt/
  1. Connected in a subordinate function.

  2. Added to a faculty or staff in a secondary position.

Where this word comes from

From Latin adiunctus, perfect passive participle of adiungō (“join to”), from ad + iungō (“join”). Doublet of adjoint.

verb/ˈæd͡ʒ.ʌŋkt/
  1. To work as an adjunct professor.

    informal · intransitive
Where this word comes from

From Latin adiunctus, perfect passive participle of adiungō (“join to”), from ad + iungō (“join”). Doublet of adjoint.

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