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Definitions for: Adjunct [n] a construction that is part of a sentence but not essential to its meaning and can be omitted without making the sentence ungrammatical
[n] something added to another thing but not an essential part of it
[n] a person who is an assistant or subordinate to another
[adj] of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another
[adj] relating to something that is added but is not essential; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxilliary to each other"
Webster (1913) Definition: Ad"junct`, a. [L. adjunctus, p. p. of adjungere. See
Adjoin.]
Conjoined; attending; consequent.
Though that my death were adjunct to my act. --Shak.
Adjunct notes (Mus.), short notes between those essential
to the harmony; auxiliary notes; passing notes.
Ad"junct`, n.
1. Something joined or added to another thing, but not
essentially a part of it.
Learning is but an adjunct to our self. --Shak.
2. A person joined to another in some duty or service; a
colleague; an associate. --Wotton.
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.''
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.
5. (Mus.) A key or scale closely related to another as
principal; a relative or attendant key. [R.] See
Attendant keys, under Attendant, a.
Synonyms: accessory, adjuvant, ancillary, appurtenant, assistant, auxiliary, low-level, subordinate, subsidiary, supportive
See Also: associate, construction, expression, grammatical construction, inessential, nonessential, parenthetical, parenthetical expression
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