Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

adjunction

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.55 in modern English

Syllables: ad-junc-tion
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of joining; the thing joined or added.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The joining of personal property owned by one to that owned by another.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The process of adjoining elements to an algebraic structure (usually a ring or field); the result of such a process.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A relationship between a pair of categories that makes the pair, in a weak sense, equivalent.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A natural isomorphism between a pair of functors satisfying certain conditions, whose existence implies a close relationship between the functors and between their (co)domains; the natural isomorphism, functors, and their (co)domains thought of as a single object.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A natural isomorphism between a pair of functors satisfying certain conditions, whose existence implies a close relationship between the functors and between their (co)domains; the natural isomorphism, functors, and their (co)domains thought of as a single object.

Countable; Formal; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The ring obtained after the adjunction of the elements a,b and y to the ring R may be denoted R#91;a,b,y#93;."
"The field adjunction #92;mathbb#123;Q#125;(#92;pi) can be obtained from #92;mathbb#123;Q#125; by adjoining #92;pi to #92;mathbb#123;Q#125;."

Etymology

From Latin adjunctio, from adjungere: compare French adjonction, and see adjunct.

Word Breakdown

Root: *yewg-

Usage

Inflected Forms

adjunctions (plural)

Derived Forms

biadjunction

Synonyms

junction

Questions

What does adjunction mean?: The act of joining; the thing joined or added.
Where does adjunction come from?: From Latin adjunctio, from adjungere: compare French adjonction, and see adjunct.

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