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adjunct: a construction that can be used to extend the meaning of a word or phrase but is not one of the main constituents of a sentence; something added to another thing but not an essential part of it; a person who is an assistant or subordinate to another; of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another

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augmentation collapse: the act of augmenting; the statement of a theme in notes of greater duration (usually twice the length of the original); the amount by which something increases

supplementation collapse: the act of supplementing

fixings collapse: the accessories that normally accompany (something or some activity); "an elaborate formal dinner with all the fixings"; "he bought a Christmas tree and trimmings to decorate it"

part and parcel collapse

ingredient collapse: a component of a mixture or compound; food that is a component of a mixture in cooking; "the recipe lists all the fixings for a salad"

sector collapse: measuring instrument consisting of two graduated arms hinged at one end; a particular aspect of life or activity; "he was helpless in an important sector of his life"; a body of people who form part of society or economy; "the public sector"; a portion of a military position; the minimum track length that can be assigned to store information; unless otherwise specified a sector of data consists of 512 bytes; a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle

compatriot collapse: a person from your own country

supplementary collapse: added to complete or make up a deficiency; "produced supplementary volumes"

homology collapse: the quality of being similar or corresponding in position or value or structure or function

side issue collapse

cross section collapse: (physics) the probability that a particular interaction (as capture or ionization) will take place between particles; measured in barns; a sample meant to be representative of a whole population; a section created by a plane cutting a solid perpendicular to its longest axis

additive collapse: something added to enhance food or gasoline or paint or medicine; characterized or produced by addition; "an additive process"

hiking collapse

side effect collapse: any adverse and unwanted secondary effect; "a strategy to contain the fallout from the accounting scandal"; a secondary and usually adverse effect of a drug or therapy; "severe headaches are one of the side effects of the drug"

adornment collapse: the action of decorating yourself with something colorful and interesting; a decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness

contiguity collapse

proximity collapse: the property of being close together; a Gestalt principle of organization holding that (other things being equal) objects or events that are near to one another (in space or time) are perceived as belonging together as a unit; the region close around a person or thing

subsidiary collapse: of or relating to or being a subsidy

extrapolation collapse: an inference about the future (or about some hypothetical situation) based on known facts and observations; (mathematics) calculation of the value of a function outside the range of known values

subgroup collapse: (mathematics) a subset (that is not empty) of a mathematical group; a distinct and often subordinate group within a group

juxtaposition collapse: the act of positioning close together (or side by side); "it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors"; a side-by-side position

widening collapse: the act of making something wider; an increase in width

bedfellow collapse: a person with whom you share a bed; a temporary associate; "politics makes strange bedfellows"

embroidery collapse: decorative needlework

similarity collapse: the quality of being similar; a Gestalt principle of organization holding that (other things being equal) parts of a stimulus field that are similar to each other tend to be perceived as belonging together as a unit

garnishment collapse: a court order to an employer to withhold all or part of an employee's wages and to send the money to the court or to the person who won a lawsuit against the employee

quadrant collapse: a measuring instrument for measuring altitude of heavenly bodies; the area enclosed by two perpendicular radii of a circle; any of the four areas into which a plane is divided by two orthogonal coordinate axes; a quarter of the circumference of a circle; a quarter of the circumference of a circle

crony collapse

colleague collapse: a person who is member of your class or profession; "the surgeon consulted his colleagues"; "he sent e-mail to his fellow hackers"; an associate you work with

decor collapse

affixation collapse: formation of a word by means of an affix; the result of adding an affix to a root word

linkage collapse: the act of linking things together; a mechanical system of rods or springs or pivots that transmits power or motion; (genetics) traits that tend to be inherited together as a consequence of an association between their genes; all of the genes of a given chromosome are linked (where one goes they all go); an associative relation

corollary collapse: (logic) an inference that follows directly from the proof of another proposition; a practical consequence that follows naturally; "blind jealousy is a frequent corollary of passionate love"

relationship collapse: a relation between people; (`relationship' is often used where `relation' would serve, as in `the relationship between inflation and unemployment', but the preferred usage of `relationship' is for human relations or states of relatedness); "the relationship between mothers and their children"; a state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection); "he didn't want his wife to know of the relationship"; a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries

adjuvant collapse: an additive that enhances the effectiveness of medical treatment; enhancing the action of a medical treatment; "the adjuvant action of certain bacteria"

mutual attraction collapse

affairs collapse: transactions of professional or public interest; "news of current affairs"; "great affairs of state"

appanage collapse: a grant (by a sovereign or a legislative body) of resources to maintain a dependent member of a ruling family; "bishoprics were received as appanages for the younger sons of great families"; any customary and rightful perquisite appropriate to your station in life; "for thousands of years the chair was an appanage of state and dignity rather than an article of ordinary use"

contents collapse: a list of divisions (chapters or articles) and the pages on which they start

accident collapse: anything that happens by chance without an apparent cause; a mishap; especially one causing injury or death

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