adjunction

American  

[uh-juhngk-shuhn] / əˈdʒʌŋk ʃən /

noun

1. addition of an adjunct.

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adjunction British  

/ əˈdʒʌŋkʃən /

noun

1. (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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Etymology

Origin of adjunction

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

Example Sentences

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 Swedenborg, Emanuel

But what is the purpose of this adjunction?

From Delsarte System of Oratory by Various

This adjunction is close and near according to the love, and approaching to contact with those who are principled in love truly conjugial, 158.

From The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love by Swedenborg, Emanuel

An adjunction of characteristics, moral prepotency of his father, physical likeness to his mother.

From A Zola Dictionary; the Characters of the Rougon-Macquart Novels of Emile Zola; by Patterson, J. G

The Alliance also came to demand the adjunction to the council of a certain number of delegates.

From History of the Commune of 1871 by Lissagary, P.