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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But what is the purpose of this adjunction?
From Delsarte System of Oratory by Various
It will be at once seen that this arrangement permits of continuing the distribution of electricity to the interior of buildings by the simple adjunction of one or several bobbins.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 455, September 20, 1884 by Various
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 P. Lissagary
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 Emanuel Swedenborg
They found the mayor and Morellet, asked for the Commune, and provisionally the adjunction of a popular commission.
From History of the Commune of 1871 by P. Lissagary
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