Adjunct

Ad·junct

Adjunct

a.
  1. Conjoined; attending; consequent.
    Though that my death were adjunct to my act.

Phrases & Compounds
Adjunct notes
short notes between those essential to the harmony; auxiliary notes; passing notes.

Adjunct

n.
  1. Something joined or added to another thing, but not essentially a part of it.
    Learning is but an adjunct to our self.
  2. A person joined to another in some duty or service; a colleague; an associate.
  3. 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.” (Gram.)
  4. A quality or property of the body or the mind, whether natural or acquired; as, color, in the body, judgment in the mind. (Metaph.)
  5. A key or scale closely related to another as principal; a relative or attendant key. [R.] See Attendant keys, under Attendant, a. (Mus.) [R.]