Adjunct

1. (n.) Something joined or added to another thing; as an adjunct to an existing staff.

2. (a.) Conjoined; attending; consequent.

3. (n.) A person joined to another in some duty or service; a colleague; an associate.

4. (n.) 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.

5. (n.) A quality or property of the body or the mind, whether natural or acquired; as, color, in the body, judgment in the mind.

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

Thesaurus Entries

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