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adjunctive

The English word “adjunctive” has 6 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Forming an adjunct.
  2. Forming a noun adjunct.
  3. Additional; neither basic nor primary.
  4. The property of two operations x and y, such that ax(ayb) = a, and ay(axb) = a.

noun

  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.".

Etymology

From adjunct + -ive.

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