Adjunct

Definition of Adjunct

Ad´junct`

Though that my death were adjunct to my act.

- Shak.

Adjunct notes
(Mus.) short notes between those essential to the harmony; auxiliary notes; passing notes.

Something joined or added to another thing, but not essentially a part of it.

Learning is but an adjunct to our self.

- Shak.

A person joined to another in some duty or service; a colleague; an associate.

(Gram.) A word or words added to quality or amplify the force of other words; as, the History of the American Revolution, where the words in italics are the adjunct or adjuncts of "History."

(Metaph.) A quality or property of the body or the mind, whether natural or acquired; as, color, in the body, judgment in the mind.

(Mus.) A key or scale closely related to another as principal; a relative or attendant key. [R.] See Attendant keys, under Attendant, a.

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