Adjunct
Adjunct ({not transcribed}) , adjective
[Latin adjunctus, past participle of adjungere. See Adjoin.]
Conjoined; attending; consequent.
Though that my death were adjunct to my act.
Collocations (1)
Adjunct notes (Music) , short notes between those essential to the harmony; auxiliary notes; passing notes.
Adjunct , noun
1.
Something joined or added to another thing, but not essentially a part of it.
Learning is but an adjunct to our self.
2.
A person joined to another in some duty or service; a colleague; an associate. — Wotton
3.
(Grammar) A word or words added to quality or amplify the force of other words; as, the History of the American Revolution, where the words in italics are the adjunct or adjuncts of “History.”
4.
(Metaphysics) A quality or property of the body or the mind, whether natural or acquired; as, color, in the body, judgment in the mind.
5.
(Music) A key or scale closely related to another as principal; a relative or attendant key. [R.] See Attendant keys, under Attendant, a.