˜yÐÄvlog

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adjunction

[ uh-juhngk-shuhn ]

noun

  1. addition of an adjunct.


adjunction

/ əˈ»åÏôʌŋ°ìʃə²Ô /

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
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of adjunction1

First recorded in 1595–1605, adjunction is from the Latin word ²¹»åÂá³Ü²Ô³¦³Ù¾±Å²Ô- (stem of ²¹»åÂá³Ü²Ô³¦³Ù¾±Å ). See adjunct, -ion
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Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

In this place I think the effect would have been greatly enhanced by the adjunction of voices to the orchestra.

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Sometimes what appears as inflection turns out on examination to be merely adjunction.

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The Alliance also came to demand the adjunction to the council of a certain number of delegates.

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This notion of the group of the original equation, or of the group of the equation as varied by the adjunction of a series of radicals, seems to be the fundamental one in Galois’s theory.

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There were things on what-nots: little photograph-frames, loose photographs, lucky charms, china cups; all shining and bright, thanks to the adjunction of a lady’s maid, as Pa called Maud, in his funny way.

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