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n. - An act of joining or adjoining things.

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Usage examples (16)
  • The negation operator ¬X can be introduced from the last adjunction.
  • The adjunction of water at this stage perturbs the ongoing chemical process.
  • It will be at once seen that this arrangement permits of continuing the distribution of electricity to the interior of buildings by the simple adjunction of one or...
  • There were things on what-nots: little photograph-frames, loose photographs, lucky charms, china cups; all shining and bright, thanks to the adjunction of a lady's maid,...
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