adjunction

[ uh-juhngk-shuhn ]

noun

1. addition of an adjunct.

adjunction

/ əˈdʒʌŋkʃən /

noun

1. (in phrase-structure grammar) the relationship between a branch of a tree representing a sentence to other branches to its left or right that descend from the same node immediately above

Word History and Origins

Origin of adjunction¹

First recorded in 1595–1605, adjunction is from the Latin word adjunctiōn- (stem of adjunctiō ). See adjunct, -ion

Example Sentences

The Alliance also came to demand the adjunction to the council of a certain number of delegates.

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They found the mayor and Morellet, asked for the Commune, and provisionally the adjunction of a popular commission.

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The latter tried to strengthen itself by the adjunction of delegates from the National Guard.

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This relation of adjunction issues in a peculiar relation between the boundaries of the two events.

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An adjunction of characteristics, her mother predominating morally and physically.

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