adjunct vs shrinkage

adjunct

noun
  • An unmalted grain or grain product that supplements the main mash ingredient. 

  • A dispensable phrase in a clause or sentence that modifies its meaning. 

  • A constituent which is both the daughter and the sister of an X-bar. 

  • Symploce. 

  • One of a pair of morphisms which relate to each other through a pair of adjoint functors. 

  • A person associated with another, usually in a subordinate position; a colleague. 

  • A key or scale closely related to another as principal; a relative or attendant key. 

  • An appendage; something attached to something else in a subordinate capacity. 

adj
  • Added to a faculty or staff in a secondary position. 

  • Connected in a subordinate function. 

shrinkage

noun
  • The act of shrinking, or the proportion by which something shrinks. 

  • The reduction in size of the male genitalia when cold, such as from immersion in cold water. 

  • The loss of merchandise through theft, spoilage, and obsolescence. 

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