adjunctive

English

Etymology

From adjunct +‎ -ive.

Adjective

adjunctive (not comparable)

1. Forming an adjunct.
   1. Forming a noun 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

• adjunctively
• adjunctiveness
• adjunctivity
• immunoadjunctive
• nonadjunctive

Translations

forming an adjunct

Polish: adiunktywny Portuguese: adjuntivo

See also

• adjuvant

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.".

See also

• adjuvant

Latin

Adjective

adjūnctīve

1. vocative masculine singular of adjūnctīvus