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adjoin
adjoining
adjoint
adjourn
adjournment debate
Adjt.
adjudge
adjudicate
adjunct
adjure
adjust
adjustable life insurance
adjustable peg
adjustable-rate
adjustable-rate mortgage
adjustable-rate preferred stock
adjustable wrench
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adjunct
ad·junct
[
á jùngkt
]
noun
(
plural
ad·juncts
)
Definition:
1.
something added on as extra:
something inessential added to something else
2.
assistant:
an assistant or subordinate
3.
inessential part of sentence:
a part of a sentence that is not the subject or predicate
adjective
Definition:
attached temporarily to staff:
assigned temporarily or as an auxiliary member to the staff of an institution
an adjunct professor of art history
[
Early 16th century. < Latin
adjunctus
, past participle of
adjungere
(see
adjoin
)
]
ad·junc·tion
[
ə júngksh'n
]
noun
ad·junc·tive
adjective
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ad·junc·tion [ ə júngksh'n ] nounad·junc·tive adjective
