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Meaning of adjunct

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  adjunct
      adj 1: furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an
             adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and
             emotions are auxiliary to each other" [syn: {accessory},
             {adjunct}, {ancillary}, {adjuvant}, {appurtenant},
             {auxiliary}]
      2: of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another
         [syn: {adjunct}, {assistant}]
      n 1: something added to another thing but not an essential part
           of it
      2: a person who is an assistant or subordinate to another
      3: a construction that can be used to extend the meaning of a
         word or phrase but is not one of the main constituents of a
         sentence

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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