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
Every once in a while, you let a word or phrase out and you
want to catch it and bring it back. You can't do that. It's
gone, gone forever.