"adjunctive" meaning in English

See adjunctive in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From 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
    Sense id: en-adjunctive-en-adj-9Z29bcrP
  2. Forming an adjunct.
    Forming a noun adjunct.
    Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-adjunctive-en-adj-KcEX0LX2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ive, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 51 9 11 14 14 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ive: 5 48 14 9 11 12 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 5 51 8 10 11 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 3 46 7 15 17 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 56 10 10 10 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 9 43 13 11 11 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 6 37 28 9 10 10
  3. Additional; neither basic nor primary. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-adjunctive-en-adj-LrtfK44R Categories (other): English terms with collocations
  4. (logic) The property of two operations x and y, such that ax(ayb) = a, and ay(axb) = a. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-adjunctive-en-adj-mUtwGZA- Categories (other): Logic Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: adjunctively, adjunctiveness, adjunctivity, immunoadjunctive, nonadjunctive Related terms: adjuvant Translations (forming an adjunct): adiunktywny (Polish), adjuntivo (Portuguese)
Disambiguation of 'forming an adjunct': 50 50 0 0

Noun

Forms: adjunctives [plural]
Etymology: From 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.
    Sense id: en-adjunctive-en-noun-Q0tOoosP Categories (other): Grammar, English links with manual fragments Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 7 22 11 22 28 10 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  2. (manufacturing) A substance added as a supplement; often in the phrase "additives and adjunctives.".
    Sense id: en-adjunctive-en-noun-UB7SZRy3 Categories (other): Manufacturing Topics: business, manufacturing
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: adjuvant

Inflected forms

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