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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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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

ADJUNCTION.—The union of the soul and mind of one married partner to those of the other, is an actual adjunction, and cannot possibly be dissolved, 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

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.

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 Patterson, J. G

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