adjunctive

Meanings

• adjective

  Serving as a supplement or addition to something else

• adjective

  Relating to or being a subsidiary, auxiliary, or ancillary part or function

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Variants

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adjunct , adjunctive , adjuncts

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Etymology

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From the Latin word 'adjungere' meaning 'to add'

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Trivia

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1. The term 'adjunct' is commonly used in academia to refer to a faculty member who holds a part-time position

2. In mathematics, an adjunct matrix is a matrix derived from another matrix

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Related Concepts

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1. accessory: An object or device that supplements or enhances the functionality of another object

2. adjunction: The act of adding or joining something to another thing

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Quotes

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1. As an "adjunct" to its basic educational role, the public library will increasingly serve as an access point to the resources of other libraries as well as to nonlibrary sources of publicly available information.

   - Fred Lerner,{it}The Story of Libraries{/it},(1945) 1998

2. Because Joseph Ellis has been an outspoken critic of social and women's history, he appears a peculiar choice to write the foreword, despite his many publications on the Revolutionary era. Unsurprisingly, perhaps, he treats Abigail here more as her husband's "adjunct" and supporter than as her own woman.

   - Anthony Lewis,{it}New York Times Book Review{/it},4 Nov. 2007

3. In A.D. 400 western Europe was merely a geographic expression. Roman civilization was centered on the Mediterranean, and France, England, and the Rhine valley were mere "adjuncts" of the Mediterranean world.

   - Norman F. Cantor,{it}The Civilization of the Middle Ages{/it},1993

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How to Memorize "adjunctive"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine an adjunct being added or joined to something else

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'adjunct' with the idea of adding or supplementing

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'Add Junct' to remember the meaning of the word

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