Ad"junct` (#), a. [L. adjunctus, p. p. of adjungere. See Adjoin.] Conjoined; attending; consequent.
Though that my death were adjunct to my act.
Shak.
Adjunct notes Mus., short notes between those essential to the harmony; auxiliary notes; passing notes.
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Ad"junct`, n. 1. Something joined or added to another thing, but not essentially a part of it.
Learning is but an adjunct to our self.
Shak.
2. A person joined to another in some duty or service; a colleague; an associate.
Wotton.
3. Gram. A word or words added to quality or amplify the force of other words; as, the History of the American Revolution, where the words in italics are the adjunct or adjuncts of "History."
4. Metaph. A quality or property of the body or the mind, whether natural or acquired; as, color, in the body, judgment in the mind.
5. Mus. A key or scale closely related to another as principal; a relative or attendant key. [R.] See Attendant keys, under Attendant, a.
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