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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. something added to another thing but not an essential part of it;

2. a person who is an assistant or subordinate to another;

3. 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;


ADJECTIVE (2)

1. furnishing added support;
- Example: "an ancillary pump"
- Example: "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"
- Example: "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other"
[syn: accessory, adjunct, ancillary, adjuvant, appurtenant, auxiliary]

2. of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another;
[syn: adjunct, assistant]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Adjunct \Ad"junct`\, a. [L. adjunctus, p. p. of adjungere. See
   Adjoin.]
   Conjoined; attending; consequent.
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         Though that my death were adjunct to my act. --Shak.
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   Adjunct notes (Mus.), short notes between those essential
      to the harmony; auxiliary notes; passing notes.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Adjunct \Ad"junct`\, n.
   1. Something joined or added to another thing, but not
      essentially a part of it.
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            Learning is but an adjunct to our self. --Shak.
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   2. A person joined to another in some duty or service; a
      colleague; an associate. --Wotton.
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   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 "History."
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   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.
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   5. (Mus.) A key or scale closely related to another as
      principal; a relative or attendant key. [R.] See
      Attendant keys, under Attendant, a.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

adjunct
    adj 1: furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an
           adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and
           emotions are auxiliary to each other" [syn: accessory,
           adjunct, ancillary, adjuvant, appurtenant,
           auxiliary]
    2: of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another
       [syn: adjunct, assistant]
    n 1: something added to another thing but not an essential part
         of it
    2: a person who is an assistant or subordinate to another
    3: 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