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adjoin
adjoining
adjoint
adjourn
adjournment debate
Adjt
adjudge
adjudicate
adjunct
adjure
adjust
adjustable life insurance
adjustable peg
adjustable-rate
adjustable-rate mortgage
adjustable-rate preferred stock
adjustable spanner
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adjunct
adjunct
[
ájjungkt
]
(
plural
adjuncts
)
noun
Definition:
1.
something added on as extra:
something inessential added to something else
2.
assistant:
an assistant or subordinate
3.
inessential part of sentence:
a part of a sentence that is not the subject or predicate
[
Early 16th century. < Latin
adjunctus
, past participle of
adjungere
(see
adjoin
)
]
adjunction
[
ə júngksh'n
]
noun
adjunctive
adjective
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adjunction [ ə júngksh'n ] nounadjunctive adjective
