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adjunction

American  
[uh-juhngk-shuhn] / əˈdʒʌŋk ʃən /

noun

  1. addition of an adjunct.


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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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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 Hervey, Arthur

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 Swedenborg, Emanuel

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

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 Whitehead, Alfred North

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

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