adjunction

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes
US /əˈdʒʌŋkʃən/ UK /əˈdʒʌŋkʃən/
noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    the act of joining or adding one thing to another

    The adjunction of a wing doubled the museum's floor space.

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1 noun · the act of joining or... additionattachmentannexationjoining
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Etymology

From Latin adiunctio ('a joining to'), from adiungere ('to join to'), from ad- ('to') + iungere ('to join'), from the Proto-Indo-European root *yewg- ('to join').

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