English Explanatory Dictionary

adjunctive

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Forming an adjunct.
  2. Forming a noun adjunct.
  3. Additional; neither basic nor primary.
  4. The property of two operations x and y, such that ax(ayb) = a, and ay(axb) = a.
noun
  1. A connector joining two components of the same weight, such as a coordinating conjunction.
  2. A substance added as a supplement; often in the phrase "additives and adjunctives.".

Word forms

adjunctive adjunctives

Etymology

From adjunct + -ive.

Related words

adjuvant

Derived words

adjunctively adjunctiveness adjunctivity immunoadjunctive nonadjunctive

Translations

Polish: adiunktywny Portuguese: adjuntivo
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