adjunction

Meanings

• Noun or Verb

  The act of adding something to something else.

  - "The addition of water to the soup is called adjunction."
  - "The adjunction of new members to the team was celebrated."
  - "The adjunction of a new wing to the museum was a major event."

• Noun

  In mathematics, a binary operation that combines two binary relations.

  - "The adjunction of relation R to relation S is denoted by R ∘ S."
  - "The adjunction of two groups G and H is a new group with certain properties."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with adjunction
adjunction , conjunction , fusion , function , junction , pruning , supervision

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Variants

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adjunction , adjunctions

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Etymology

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From the Latin word 'adjungere' meaning 'to join to, add to, or attach'.

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Trivia

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1. Adjunction was first formally defined in mathematics by Gottfried Leibniz in the late 17th century.

2. The term 'adjunction' comes from the Latin word 'adjungere', which means 'to join to' or 'to add to'.

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Related Concepts

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1. Binary operation: A mathematical operation that takes two operands and returns a single result.

2. Relation: A set of ordered pairs that describes a connection between two sets.

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Culture

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Adjunction has been used in various fields such as mathematics, physics, and linguistics. In mathematics, it is used to combine two binary relations. In physics, it is used to describe the joining of two objects or systems. In linguistics, it is used to describe the addition of a word or phrase to a sentence.

How to Memorize "adjunction"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine adding an object to another object or visualize the combining of two binary relations.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word with the idea of adding or joining.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic by remembering the Latin root 'adjungere' which means 'to join to'.

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