Meaning of Adjoint | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The transpose of the cofactor matrix of a given square matrix.
2. Transpose conjugate.
3. Hermitian conjugate.
4. A functor related to another functor by an adjunction.
5. A curve A such that any point of a given curve C of multiplicity r has multiplicity at least r–1 on A. Sometimes the multiple points of C are required to be ordinary, and if this condition is not satisfied the term sub-adjoint is used.
6. An assistant to someone who holds a position in the military or civil service.
7. An assistant mayor of a French commune.

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Examples

“. Nominated the citizens Fayolles, captain of infantry, and Favery of the Engineers to be my adjoints, and dispatched the letters of nomination to the Minister at War, so now I am fairly afloat.”

“Even as it is, by the reckless aggregation of machine-workers and their adjoints in the great cities and the manufacturing districts, it has kept down life amongst us, and keeps it down to a miserably low standard; so low that any standpoint for improvement is hard to think of even.”

“The chef and his adjoints are seen by this code as part of the military, subject to military jurisdiction despite their obligation to execute the orders of the administrative council and of the justice of the peace.”

“A vigorous, aggressive, and ambitious mayor will not rely overmuch upon his adjoints, but a mayor of the more passive type will lean heavily upon them.”

“Mayors and their adjoints were often simple cultivateurs like the majority of the community.”

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