"adjunctive" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: adjunct + -ive Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*yewg-}}, {{suffix|en|adjunct|ive}} adjunct + -ive Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} adjunctive (not comparable)
  1. Forming an adjunct. Tags: not-comparable Translations (forming an adjunct): adiunktywny (Polish), adjuntivo (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-adjunctive-en-adj-9Z29bcrP Disambiguation of 'forming an adjunct': 99 1 1
  2. Additional; neither basic nor primary. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-adjunctive-en-adj-LrtfK44R Categories (other): English terms with collocations
  3. (logic) The property of two operations x and y, such that ax(ayb) = a, and ay(axb) = a. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Logic
    Sense id: en-adjunctive-en-adj-mUtwGZA- Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: adjunctive behavior, adjunctively, adjunctiveness, adjunctivity, immunoadjunctive, nonadjunctive

Noun

Forms: adjunctives [plural]
Etymology: adjunct + -ive Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*yewg-}}, {{suffix|en|adjunct|ive}} adjunct + -ive Head templates: {{en-noun}} adjunctive (plural adjunctives)
  1. (grammar) A connector joining two components of the same weight, such as a coordinating conjunction. Categories (topical): Grammar
    Sense id: en-adjunctive-en-noun-Q0tOoosP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ive Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 24 15 41 18 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ive: 7 18 12 42 21 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  2. (manufacturing) A substance added as a supplement; often in the phrase "additives and adjunctives.". Categories (topical): Manufacturing
    Sense id: en-adjunctive-en-noun-UB7SZRy3 Topics: business, manufacturing

Inflected forms

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