Adjoin

Pronunciation

• enPR: É™-join'
• IPA: /əˈdʒɔɪn/

Origin

From Anglo-Norman adjoindre, from Latin adiungō.

Full definition of adjoin

Verb

1. (transitive) To be in contact or connection with.The living room and dining room adjoin each other.
2. (transitive, mathematics, chiefly algebra and number theory) To extend an algebraic object (e.g. a field, a ring, etc.) by adding to it (an element not belonging to it) and all finite power series of (the element).''$\backslash textbf\{Q\}\backslash left(\backslash sqrt\{2\}\backslash right)$ can be obtained from $$

Derived terms

• adjoining

Related terms

• adjunction