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adjunctive en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English adjunct Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English adjunctive From adjunct + -ive.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Forming an adjunct.
2. (not-comparable) Forming an adjunct. ▸ Forming a noun adjunct.
3. (not-comparable) Additional; neither basic nor primary.
   • adjunctive therapy
4. (not-comparable) The property of two operations x and y, such that ax(ayb) = a, and ay(axb) = a.

Deriveds

immunoadjunctive · nonadjunctive · adjunctiveness · adjunctively · adjunctivity

Relateds

adjuvant

Translations (2)

pl adiunktywny (forming an adjunct) · pt adjuntivo (forming an adjunct)

adjunctive en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English adjunct Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English adjunctive From adjunct + -ive.

Meanings

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

Forms

Relateds

adjuvant