adjoin

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman adjoindre, from Latin adiungō.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ə-join'
• IPA: /əˈdʒɔɪn/

Verb

adjoin (third-person singular simple present adjoins, present participle adjoining, simple past and past participle adjoined)

1. (transitive) To be in contact or connection with.

   The living room and dining room adjoin each other.

2. (transitive, mathematics, chiefly algebra and number theory) To extend an algebraic object (e.g. a field, a ring, etc.) by adding to it (an element not belonging to it) and all finite power series of (the element).

   $\textbf{Q}\left(\sqrt{2}\right)$ can be obtained from $\textbf{Q}$ by adjoining $\sqrt{2}$ to $\textbf{Q}$.

Derived terms

• adjoining

Related terms

• adjunction

Translations

to be in contact or connection with

Bulgarian: гранича (bg), допирам се (bg) Czech: sousedit (cs) Russian: граничить (ru), примыкать (ru)

Scottish Gaelic: bi dlùth ri (gd) Spanish: lindar con (es), colindar con (es)

mathematics: to add (an element) to a structure

French: adjoindre (fr)