Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases

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CLASS I SECTION III. 3. CONJUNCTIVE QUANTITY


37. Addition -- N. addition, annexation, adjection † ; junction &c 43; superposition, superaddition, superjunction † , superfetation; accession, reinforcement; increase &c 35; increment, supplement; accompaniment &c 88; interposition &c 228; insertion &c 300.

38. Nonaddition. Subtraction -- N. subtraction, subduction † ; deduction, retrenchment; removal, withdrawal; ablation, sublation † ; abstraction &c (taking) 789; garbling, &c v.. mutilation, detruncation † ; amputation; abscission, excision, recision; curtailment &c 201; minuend, subtrahend; decrease &c 36; abrasion.

39. [Thing added] Adjunct -- N. adjunct; addition, additament † ; additum [Lat.] , affix, appelidage † , annexe † , annex; augment, augmentation; increment, reinforcement, supernumerary, accessory, item; garnish, sauce; accompaniment &c 88; adjective, addendum; complement, supplement; continuation.

40. [Thing remaining.] Remainder -- N. remainder, residue; remains, remanent, remnant, rest, relic; leavings, heeltap † , odds and ends, cheesepairings † , candle ends, orts † ; residuum; dregs &c (dirt) 653; refuse &c (useless) 645; stubble, result, educt † ; fag-end; ruins, wreck, skeleton., stump; alluvium.

40a. [Thing deducted.] Decrement -- N. decrement, discount, defect, loss, deduction; afterglow; eduction † ; waste.

41. [Forming a whole without coherence.] Mixture -- N. mixture, admixture, commixture, commixtion † ; commixion † , intermixture, alloyage † , matrimony; junction &c 43; combination &c 48; miscegenation.

42. [Freedom from mixture.] Simpleness -- N. simpleness &c adj.; purity, homogeneity.

43. Junction -- N. junction; joining &c v.; joinder [Law] , union connection, conjunction, conjugation; annexion † , annexation, annexment † ; astriction † , attachment, compagination † , vincture † , ligation, alligation † ; accouplement † ; marriage &c (wedlock,) 903; infibulation † , inosculation † , symphysis [Anat.] , anastomosis, confluence, communication, concatenation; meeting, reunion; assemblage &c 72.

44. Disjunction -- N. disjunction, disconnection, disunity, disunion, disassociation, disengagement; discontinuity &c 70; abjunction † ; cataclasm † ; inconnection † ; abstraction, abstractedness; isolation; insularity, insulation; oasis; island; separateness &c adj.; severalty; disjecta membra [Lat.] ; dispersion &c 73; apportionment &c 786.

45. [Connecting medium.] Connection -- N. vinculum, link; connective, connection; junction &c 43; bond of union, copula, hyphen, intermedium † ; bracket; bridge, stepping-stone, isthmus.

46. Coherence -- N. coherence, adherence, adhesion, adhesiveness; concretion accretion; conglutination, agglutination, agglomeration; aggregation; consolidation, set, cementation; sticking, soldering &c v.; connection; dependence.

47. [Want of adhesion, nonadhesion, immiscibility.] Incoherence -- N. nonadhesion † ; immiscibility; incoherence; looseness &c adj.; laxity; relaxation; loosening &c v.; freedom; disjunction &c 44; rope of sand.

48. Combination -- N. combination; mixture &c 41; junction &c 43; union, unification, synthesis, incorporation, amalgamation, embodiment, coalescence, crasis † , fusion, blending, absorption, centralization.

49. Decomposition -- N. decomposition, analysis, dissection, resolution, catalysis, dissolution; corruption &c (uncleanness) 653; dispersion &c 73; disjunction &c 44; disintegration.