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

• adjunctivity
• adjunctiveness
• adjunctively
• adjunctive behavior

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."

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Latin

Adjective

adjunctīve

1. vocative masculine singular of adjunctīvus