adjunction
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of adjunction
First recorded in 1595–1605, adjunction is from the Latin word adjunctiōn- (stem of adjunctiō ). See adjunct, -ion
Example Sentences
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This relation of adjunction issues in a peculiar relation between the boundaries of the two events.
From The Concept of Nature The Tarner Lectures Delivered in Trinity College, November 1919 by Alfred North Whitehead
In this place I think the effect would have been greatly enhanced by the adjunction of voices to the orchestra.
From Masters of French Music by Arthur Hervey
This adjunction may be called spiritual dwelling together; which takes place with married partners who love each other tenderly, however distant their bodies may be from each other.
From The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love by Emanuel Swedenborg
UNION.—Spiritual union of two married partners is the actual adjunction of the soul and mind of the one to the soul and mind of the other, 321.
From The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love by Emanuel Swedenborg
An adjunction of characteristics, her mother predominating morally and physically.
From A Zola Dictionary; the Characters of the Rougon-Macquart Novels of Emile Zola; by J. G Patterson
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