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adjunction
[ uh-juhngk-shuhn ]
/ əˈdʒʌŋk ʃən /
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noun
addition of an adjunct.
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Words nearby adjunction
adjudicated, adjudication, adjudicator, adjugate, adjunct, adjunction, adjunctive, adjunct professor, adjuration, adjure, adjust
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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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