adjunction

[ uh-juhngk-shuhn ]

/ əˈdʒʌŋk ʃən /

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noun

addition of an adjunct.

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Origin of adjunction

First recorded in 1595–1605, adjunction is from the Latin word adjunctiōn- (stem of adjunctiō). See adjunct, -ion

Words nearby adjunction

adjudicated, adjudication, adjudicator, adjugate, adjunct, adjunction, adjunctive, adjunct professor, adjuration, adjure, adjust

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How to use adjunction in a sentence

The Alliance also came to demand the adjunction to the council of a certain number of delegates.
History of the Commune of 1871|P. Lissagary
They found the mayor and Morellet, asked for the Commune, and provisionally the adjunction of a popular commission.
History of the Commune of 1871|P. Lissagary
The latter tried to strengthen itself by the adjunction of delegates from the National Guard.
History of the Commune of 1871|P. Lissagary
This relation of adjunction issues in a peculiar relation between the boundaries of the two events.
The Concept of Nature|Alfred North Whitehead

An adjunction of characteristics, her mother predominating morally and physically.
A Zola Dictionary|J. G. Patterson

British Dictionary definitions for adjunction

adjunction

/ (əˈdʒʌŋkʃən) /

noun

(in phrase-structure grammar) the relationship between a branch of a tree representing a sentence to other branches to its left or right that descend from the same node immediately above

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