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The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

adjunct

SYLLABICATION:	ad·junct
PRONUNCIATION:	jngkt
NOUN:	1. Something attached to another in a dependent or subordinate position. See synonyms at appendage. 2. A person associated with another in a subordinate or auxiliary capacity. 3. Grammar A clause or phrase added to a sentence that, while not essential to the sentence's structure, amplifies its meaning, such as for several hours in We waited for several hours. 4. Logic A nonessential attribute of a thing.
ADJECTIVE:	1. Added or connected in a subordinate or auxiliary capacity: an adjunct clause. 2. Attached to a faculty or staff in a temporary or auxiliary capacity: an adjunct professor of history.
ETYMOLOGY:	From Latin adinctus, past participle of adiungere, to join to. See adjoin.
OTHER FORMS:	ad·junction (-jngkshn) —NOUN ad·junctive —ADJECTIVE


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