adjunctive

adjunctive

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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.

    Adjective

    adjunctive (not comparable)

    1. Forming an adjunct.
      1. Forming a noun 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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    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.".

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    Latin

    Adjective

    adjūnctīve

    1. vocative masculine singular of adjūnctīvus
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