adjunctive

English

Etymology

adjunct +‎ -ive

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.

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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

adjūnctīve

  1. vocative masculine singular of adjūnctīvus
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