Adjunct

n. accessory, auxiliary part; supplement, appendix

This article is about adjuncts in linguistics. For the term used in the brewing of beer, see Adjunct (beer). For the type of professor, see Professor. In linguistics, an adjunct is a sentence element that establishes the circumstances in which the action or state expressed by the verb take place.The following sentence uses adjuncts of time and place:Yesterday Lorna saw the dog in the garden.This definition can be extended to include adjuncts that modify nouns or other parts of speech (see noun adjunct):The large dog in the garden is very friendly.
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Noun
1. something added to another thing but not an essential part of it
(hypernym) inessential, nonessential
2. a person who is an assistant or subordinate to another
(hypernym) associate
3. a construction that is part of a sentence but not essential to its meaning and can be omitted without making the sentence ungrammatical
(hypernym) construction, grammatical construction, expression
(hyponym) parenthetical expression, parenthetical
Adjective
1. relating to something that is added but is not essential; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxilliary to each other"
(synonym) accessory, ancillary, adjuvant, appurtenant, auxiliary, subsidiary
(similar) supportive
2. of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another
(synonym) assistant
(similar) subordinate, low-level

n. adjunct; assistant

(n.)
Something joined or added to another thing, but not essentially a part of it.
  

(n.)
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."
  

(n.)
A quality or property of the body or the mind, whether natural or acquired; as, color, in the body, judgment in the mind.
  

(n.)
A person joined to another in some duty or service; a colleague; an associate.
  

(n.)
A key or scale closely related to another as principal; a relative or attendant key. [R.] See Attendant keys, under Attendant, a.
  

(a.)
Conjoined; attending; consequent.