adjunct

Noun · Adjective
Synonyms: accessoryancillaryadjuvantappurtenantauxiliaryassistant

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“an ancillary pump”“an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism”“The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other”Synonyms: accessoryancillaryadjuvantappurtenantauxiliary
  2. of or relating to a person who is subordinate to anotherSynonyms: assistant
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Adjunct \Ad"junct`\, a. [L. adjunctus, p. p. of adjungere. See Adjoin.] Conjoined; attending; consequent. [1913 Webster]

Though that my death were adjunct to my act. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Adjunct notes (Mus.), short notes between those essential to the harmony; auxiliary notes; passing notes. [1913 Webster]

Adjunct \Ad"junct`\, n.

1.Something joined or added to another thing, but not essentially a part of it. [1913 Webster]

Learning is but an adjunct to our self.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

2.A person joined to another in some duty or service; a colleague; an associate. --Wotton. [1913 Webster]

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." [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

5.(Mus.) A key or scale closely related to another as principal; a relative or attendant key. [R.] See Attendant keys, under Attendant, a. [1913 Webster]

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