adjoin

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Anglo-Norman adjoindre, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin adiungō.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ə-join'
• IPA^(key): /əˈdʒɔɪn/

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• Rhymes: -ɔɪn

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.

   • 2013, Graeme Simsion, The Rosie Project, →ISBN, page 55:

     We were in the living area, which adjoins the kitchen.

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) (graniča), допирам се (dopiram se)
• Czech: sousedit
• Galician: testar
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• Russian: грани́чить (ru) (graníčitʹ), примыка́ть (ru) (primykátʹ), сосе́дствовать (ru) (sosédstvovatʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: bi dlùth ri
• Spanish: lindar con (es), colindar con (es)

mathematics: to add (an element) to a structure

• French: adjoindre (fr)
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