əˈjəŋ(k)shən also aˈ- noun
( -s )
Etymology: Latin adjunction-, adjunctio, from adjunctus + -ion-, -io -ion
1. : a joining on or adding of a person or thing
improve a sentence by adjunction of a word
2. Roman, civil, & Scots law : a species of accession brought about by the activity or work of man as distinguished from that occurring in nature — compare industrial accession
3. mathematics : the process of adjoining to a field a number not in it