Associations to the word «Adjoint»
Noun
Adjective
Wiktionary
ADJOINT, adjective. (mathematics) used in several situations with a meaning similar to helping
ADJOINT, noun. (mathematics) A matrix in which each element is the cofactor of an associated element of another matrix.
ADJOINT, noun. (geometry) A curve such that any point of another curve C of multiplicity r has multiplicity at least r–1 on the adjoint. Sometimes the multiple points of C are required to be ordinary, and if this condition is not satisfied the term "sub-adjoint" is used.
ADJOINT, noun. An assistant mayor of a French commune.
Wise words
Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at
least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are
nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to
build something with them; they do not win their true
meaning until one knows how to apply them.