adjunctive

English

Etymology

adjunct +‎ -ive

Adjective

adjunctive (not comparable)

1. Forming an 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.

Derived terms

• adjunctive behavior
• adjunctively
• adjunctiveness
• adjunctivity
• immunoadjunctive
• nonadjunctive

 

Translations

forming an adjunct

• Polish: adiunktywny
• Portuguese: adjuntivo

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.".

Latin

Adjective

adjūnctīve

1. vocative masculine singular of adjūnctīvus