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ad⋅junct

  [aj-uhngkt]
Use adjunct in a Sentence
–noun
1. something added to another thing but not essential to it.
2. a person associated with lesser status, rank, authority, etc., in some duty or service; assistant.
3. a person working at an institution, as a college or university, without having full or permanent status: My lawyer works two nights a week as an adjunct, teaching business law at the college.
4. Grammar. a modifying form, word, or phrase depending on some other form, word, or phrase, esp. an element of clause structure with adverbial function.
–adjective
5. joined or associated, esp. in an auxiliary or subordinate relationship.
6. attached or belonging without full or permanent status: an adjunct surgeon on the hospital staff.
Origin:
1580–90; < L adjunctus joined to (ptp. of adjungere), equiv. to ad- ad- + jung- (nasal var. of jug- yoke 1 ) + -tus ptp. suffix

Related forms:
ad⋅junct⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. appendix, supplement. See addition. 2. aide, attaché.
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ad·junct   (āj'ŭngkt')   
n.  

  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.

adj.  

  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.


[From Latin adiūnctus, past participle of adiungere, to join to; see adjoin.]
ad·junc'tion (ə-jŭngk'shən) n., ad·junc'tive adj.
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Word Origin & History

adjunct 
1588, from L. adjunctus, pp. of adjungere "join to" (see adjoin). Adjunct professor is 1826, Amer.Eng.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 1ad·junct
Pronunciation: 'aj-"&[ng](k)t
Function: noun
1 : a person associated with or assisting another in someduty or service
2 : ADJUVANT b adjunct in a program of weightreduction>

Main Entry: 2adjunct
Function: adjective
1 : added or joined as an accompanying object or circumstance
2 : attached in asubordinate or temporary capacity to a staff adjunct psychiatrist>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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