English-Thai Dictionary

adjunct

ADJ ซึ่ง ได้ รับมอบหมาย ชั่วคราว  ที่ เข้ามา เสริม ชั่วคราว  sueng-dai-rab-mob-mai-chua-khrao

 

adjunct

N ผู้ช่วย  helper phu-chuai

 

adjunct

N สิ่ง เพิ่มเติม  สิ่ง ประกอบ  สิ่ง ที่ เสริม  accessory accounterment sing-phoem-toem

 

adjunction

N การ ติดกัน  kan-tid-kan

 

adjunctive

ADJ ที่ เป็น สิ่ง ประกอบ  ti-pen-sing-pra-kob

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ADJUNCT

n.[L. adjunctus, joined, from adjungo. See Join. ] 1. Something added to another, but not essentially a part of it; as, water absorbed by a cloth or spunge is its adjunct. Also a person joined to another.
2. In metaphysics, a quality of the body or the mind, whether natural or acquired; as color, in the body; thinking, in the mind.
3. In grammar, words added to illustrate or amplify the force of other words; as, the History of the American revolution. The words in Italics are the adjuncts of History.
4. In music, the word is employed to denominate the relation between the principal mode and the modes of its two fifths.
The adjunct deities, among the Romans, were inferior deities which were added as assistants to the principal gods; as Bellona to Mars; to Vulcan, the Cabiri; to the Good Genius, the Lares; to the Evil, the Lemures.
In the royal academy of sciences at Paris, the adjuncts are certain members attached to the study of particular sciences. They are twelve in number, created in 1716.
Adjunct has been used for a colleague, but rarely.

 

ADJUNCT

a.Added to or united with, as an adjunct professor.

 

ADJUNCTION

n.The act of joining; the thing joined.

 

ADJUNCTIVE

a.Joining; having the quality of joining.

 

ADJUNCTIVE

n.That which is joined.

 

ADJUNCTIVELY

adv. In an adjunctive manner.

 

ADJUNCTLY

adv. In connection with; consequently.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ADJUNCT

Ad "junct `, a. Etym: [L. adjunctus, p. p. of adjungere. See Adjoin. ]

 

Defn: Conjoined; attending; consequent. Though that my death were adjunct to my act. Shak. Adjunct notes (Mus. ), short notes between those essential to the harmony; auxiliary notes; passing notes.

 

ADJUNCT

ADJUNCT Ad "junct `, n.

 

1. Something joined or added to another thing, but not essentially a part of it. Learning is but an adjunct to our self. Shak.

 

2. A person joined to another in some duty or service; a colleague; an associate. Wotton.

 

3. (Gram. )

 

Defn: 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. (Metaph.)

 

Defn: A quality or property of the body or the mind, whether natural or acquired; as, color, in the body, judgment in the mind.

 

5. (Mus. )

 

Defn: A key or scale closely related to another as principal; a relative or attendant key. [R.] See Attendant keys, under Attendant, a.

 

ADJUNCTION

Ad *junc "tion, n. Etym: [L. adjunctio, fr. adjungere: cf. F.adjonction, and see Adjunct. ]

 

Defn: The act of joining; the thing joined or added.

 

ADJUNCTIVE

Ad *junc "tive, a. Etym: [L. adjunctivus, fr. adjungere. See Adjunct. ]

 

Defn: Joining; having the quality of joining; forming an adjunct.

 

ADJUNCTIVE

ADJUNCTIVE Ad *junc "tive, n.

 

Defn: One who, or that which, is joined.

 

ADJUNCTIVELY

ADJUNCTIVELY Ad *junc "tive *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In an adjunctive manner.

 

ADJUNCTLY

ADJUNCTLY Ad *junct "ly, adv.

 

Defn: By way of addition or adjunct; in connection with.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

adjunct

ad junct |ˈajəNGkt ˈæˌʤəŋkt | ▶noun 1 a thing added to something else as a supplementary rather than an essential part: computer technology is an adjunct to learning. • a person who is another's assistant or subordinate. 2 Grammar a word or phrase used to amplify or modify the meaning of another word or words in a sentence. ▶adjective [ attrib. ] connected or added to something, typically in an auxiliary way: other alternative or adjunct therapies include immunotherapy. • (of an academic post ) attached to the staff of a college in a temporary or assistant capacity: an adjunct professor of entomology | [ as noun ] : both adjuncts and tenured professors tend to inflate grades. DERIVATIVES ad junc tive |əˈjəNG (k )tiv |adjective ORIGIN early 16th cent. (as an adjective meaning ‘joined on, subordinate ’): from Latin adjunctus, past participle of adjungere (see adjoin ).

 

adjunction

ad junc tion |əˈjəNG (k )SHən əˈdʒəŋ (k )ʃən | ▶noun 1 Mathematics the joining of two sets that without overlapping jointly constitute a larger set, or the relation between two such sets. 2 Logic the asserting in a single formula of two previously asserted formulae. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin adjunctio (n- ), from the verb adjungere (see adjoin ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

adjunct

adjunct |ˈadʒʌŋ (k )t | ▶noun 1 a thing added to something else as a supplementary rather than an essential part: computer technology is an adjunct to learning. • a person who is another's assistant or subordinate. 2 Grammar a word or phrase that constitutes an optional element or is considered of secondary importance in a sentence, for example on the table in we left some flowers on the table . • (in systemic grammar ) an obligatory or optional adverbial functioning as a constituent of clause structure. ▶adjective [ attrib. ] connected or added to something: other adjunct therapies include immunotherapy. • N. Amer. (of an academic post ) attached to the staff of a university in a temporary or assistant capacity: an adjunct professor of entomology. DERIVATIVES adjunctive |əˈdʒʌŋ (k )tɪv |adjective ORIGIN early 16th cent. (as an adjective meaning ‘joined on, subordinate ’): from Latin adjunctus, past participle of adjungere (see adjoin ).

 

adjunction

ad ¦junc |tion |əˈdʒʌŋkʃ (ə )n | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 Mathematics the joining of two sets which without overlapping jointly constitute a larger set, or the relation between two such sets. 2 Logic the asserting in a single formula of two previously asserted formulae. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin adjunctio (n )-, from the verb adjungere (see adjoin ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

adjunct

adjunct noun the oral medication is used as an adjunct to the insulin: supplement, addition, extra, add-on, accessory, accompaniment, complement, appurtenance; attachment, appendage, addendum. ▶adjective an adjunct professor of entomology: subordinate, auxiliary, assistant; temporary, provisional.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

adjunct

adjunct noun the compound is still used by some practitioners as an adjunct to penicillin therapy: supplement, addition, accompaniment, complement, companion, extra, add-on, additive, accessory, appurtenance; attachment, appendage, addendum, affix, auxiliary.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

adjunct

ad junct /ǽdʒʌŋ (k )t /名詞 C 1 «…の » 付加物, 付属物 [品 ] «to , of » .2 〘文法 〙付加詞 .3 助手, 補助役 ; 非常勤職員 .形容詞 付属の, 補助の .～̀ prof é ssor ｟米 ｠(大学の )非常勤講師 (→professor 事情 ).ad j ú nc tive 形容詞 付属の, 補助の .