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Webster 1913 Edition


Adjunctive

Ad-junc′tive

,
Adj.
[L.
adjunctivus
, fr.
adjungere
. See
Adjunct
.]
Joining; having the quality of joining; forming an adjunct.

Ad-junc′tive

,
Noun.
One who, or that which, is joined.

Webster 1828 Edition


Adjunctive

ADJUNC'TIVE

,
Adj.
Joining; having the quality of joining.

ADJUNC'TIVE

,
Noun.
That which is joined.

Definition 2024


adjunctive

adjunctive

English

Adjective

adjunctive (not comparable)

  1. forming an adjunct
  2. additional; neither basic nor primary
    adjunctive therapy
  3. (logic) the property of two operations x and y, such that ax(ayb) = a, and ay(axb) = a

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

adjunctive (plural adjunctives)

  1. (grammar) a connector joining two components of the same weight, such as a coordinating conjunction
  2. (manufacturing) a substance added as a supplement; often in the phrase "additives and adjunctives."

Latin

Adjective

adjunctīve

  1. vocative masculine singular of adjunctīvus