| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adverb | 1. In the manner of an accessory; auxiliary.[Websters]
2. In an assistant, attendant or concomitant manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. In an adventitious or appendant manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. In a subordinate, derivative or dependant manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. In a collateral, extra, additional or supplemental manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. In an accidental, inessential, episodic or casual manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. In an appurtenant or adjunctive manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. In an adjuvant, cooperative or collaborative manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. In a minor or marginal manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the adjective accessory.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective Form (accessory) | 1. Aiding and abetting in a crime; "he was charged with being accessory to the crime".[Wordnet]. 2. Furnishing added support.[Wordnet]. 3. Relating to something that is added but is not essential; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxilliary to each other".[Wordnet]. 4. Accompanying as a subordinate; aiding in a secondary way; additional; connected as an incident or subordinate to a principal; contributing or contributory; said of persons and things, and, when of persons, usually in a bad sense; as, he was accessory to the riot; accessory sounds in music.[Websters]. 5. Being secondary, auxiliary, ancillary, assistant or adjuvant.[Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Being additional, supplementary, complementary or supplemental.[Eve - graph theoretic] 7. Being adventitious, accidental or incidental.[Eve - graph theoretic] 8. Being subordinate or dependent.[Eve - graph theoretic] 9. Being collateral or lateral.[Eve - graph theoretic] 10. Adjective base of the adverb accessorily.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "ACCESSORILY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
Specialty Definition: ACCESSORILY
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Adverb] In the manner of an accessory; by subordinate means, or in a secondary character; not as principal, but as a subordinate agent.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Adverb] In the manner of an accessory; auxiliary. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: accessory
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Accessory (band) | Accessory is a German EBM group consisting of Dirk Steyer and Ivo Lottig. They have toured with other groups including Hocico, And One, Terminal Choice. (references) | ||
| Accessory (legal term) | An accessory is a person who assists in or conceals a crime, but does not actually participate in the commission of the crime. In this an accessory is different from an accomplice, who normally is present at the crime and participates in some way. An accessory must generally have knowledge that a crime is being, or will be committed. A person with such knowledge may become an accessory by helping the criminal in some way, or simply by failing to report the crime to proper authority. The assistance to the criminal may be of any type, including emotional or financial assistance as well as physical assistance or concealment. A person who incites another to a crime may also be considered an accessory if the crime is eventually committed. (references) | ||
| Accessory after the fact | A person who gives assistance or comfort to someone known to be a felon or known to be sought in connection with the commission of a felony. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Accessory before the fact | A person who procures or advises or commands the commission of a felony but who is not present at its perpetration. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Accessory cephalic vein | A vein that passes along the radial edge of the forearm and joins the cephalic vein near the elbow. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Accessory cloud | An accessory cloud is a cloud which is dependent on a larger cloud system for development and continuance. Roll clouds, shelf clouds, and wall clouds are examples of accessory clouds. (references) | ||
| Accessory cuneate nucleus | The accessory cuneate nucleus is located lateral to the cuneate nucleus in the medulla oblongata at the level of the sensory decussation (the crossing fibers of the posterior column-medial lemniscus tract). It receives input from cervical spinal nerves and transmits that information to the cerebellum. These fibers are called cuneocerebellar fibers. In this function, the accessory cuneate nucleus is comparable to the upper extremity portion of the posterior spinocerebellar tract. (references) | ||
| Accessory during the fact | A person who witnesses a crime but does not try to prevent it. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Accessory fruit | Fruit containing much fleshy tissue besides that of the ripened ovary; as apple or strawberry. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Accessory hemiazygos vein | A vein formed by the union of the 4th to 7th posterior intercostal veins; empties into the azygos vein. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Accessory hemiazygous vein | A vein formed by the union of the 4th to 7th posterior intercostal veins; empties into the azygos vein. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Accessory muscles of the scapula (cat) | There are only three accessory muscles of the scapula, and these are the Levator Scapulae Ventralis, Teres Major, and the Teres Minor. (references) | ||
| Accessory nerve | Arises from two sets of roots (cranial and spinal) that unite to form the nerve. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Accessory nerve | The accessory nerve is the eleventh of twelve cranial nerves. It leaves the cranium through the jugular foramen along with the glossopharyngeal nerve (IX) and vagus nerve (X). It innervates the sternocleidomastoid muscle (sternomastoid) and trapezius muscle on the ipsilateral side. (references) | ||
| Accessory Transit Company | The Accessory Transit Company was a company set up by Cornelius Vanderbilt and others during the California Gold Rush in the 1850s, to transport would-be prospectors from the east coast of the United States to the west coast. (references) | ||
| Accessory vertebral vein | A vein that accompanies the vertebral vein but passes through the foramen of the transverse process of the 7th cervical vertebra and empties into the brachiocephalic vein. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Auto accessory | An accessory for an automobile. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Computer accessory | An accessory for a computer. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Desk Accessory | In the operating system for the Apple Macintosh computer, a Desk Accessory (DA) was a piece of software, originally written as a device driver, conforming to a particular programming model. The purpose of this model was to permit very small helper-type applications to be run concurrently with any other application on the system. This provided a small degree of multitasking on a system that initially didn't have any multitasking ability at all. (references) | ||
| Fashion accessory | Fashion accessories and costume jewelry are items that are used to complement fashion. Accessories help highlight a dress or apparel. They can also help to hide a weakness of a dress. Trends are continuously set by adding accessories to different outfits, for example, belts. Acessories change an entire look, from handbags to shoes to earrings and beaded necklaces to 80s leg warmers. (references) | ||
| Spinal accessory | Arises from two sets of roots (cranial and spinal) that unite to form the nerve. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Video game accessory | Console Accesssories include a variety of different products, these include mice, headphones, speaker systems, microphones and recently online gaming products. (references) | ||
| Wine accessory | Wine accessories are important components of wine appreciation. Accessories such as wine glasses, wine openers, wine chillers and wine decanters are some common ones. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: accessory
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Accessory cell | Aerospace | Accessory cell denotes auxiliary, or certain, cells. (references) | |
| Accessory cell | Religion | Cell required for, but not actually mediating, a specific immune response. Often used to describe antigen-presenting cells (see APC). (references) | |
| Accessory Cloud | Weather | A cloud which is dependent on a larger cloud system for development and continuance. Roll clouds, shelf clouds, and wall clouds are examples of accessory clouds. (references) | |
| Accessory contract | Law | ACCESSORY CONTRACT, 1. one made for assuring the performance of a prior contract, either by the same parties, or by others; such as suretyship, mortgages, and pledges. 2. It is a general rule, that payment of the debt due, or the performance of a thing required to be performed by the first or principal contract, is a full discharge of such accessory obligation. Poth. Ob. part. 1, c. 1, s. 1, art. 2, n. 14. Id. n. 182, 186. See 8 Mass. 551; 15 Mass. 233; 17 Mass. 419; 4 Pick. 11; 8 Pick. 522. 3. An accessory agreement to guaranty an original contract, which is void, has no binding effect. 6 Humph. 261. (references) | |
| Accessory dwelling unit (ADU) | Health | A separate housing arrangement within a single-family home. The ADU is a complete living unit and includes a private kitchen and bath. (references) | |
| Accessory element | Geography | Element that is not essential in a mineral but that is found in small quantities in its structure or adsorbed on its surfaces; although not quantitatively defined, it is conventionally assumed to constitute significantly less than 1 per cent of the mineral. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Accessory element | Mining | See: trace element. (references) | |
| Accessory flower parts | Geology | Sepal and petal organs found on flowers. The sepals and petals are not essential for pollination but may aid in attracting insects or other organisms. (references) | |
| Accessory fruit | Geology | A fruit, or group of fruits derived from one flower, in which the conspicuous, fleshy portion develops from the receptacle and is shed with the true fruit (s) attached. (references) | |
| Accessory growth substances | Food & Agriculture | Vitaminlike substances necessary for the growth of certain microorganisms. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Accessory mineral | Mining | Any mineral the presence of which is not essential to the classification of the rock. Accessory minerals generally occur in minor amounts; in sedimentary rocks they are mostly heavy minerals. CF:essential mineralSyn:accessory. (references) | |
| Accessory Minerals | Aerospace | Minerals occurring in small quantities in a rock whose presence or absence does not affect the true nature of the rock. (references) | |
| Accessory Nerve | Health | The 11th cranial nerve. The accessory nerve originates from neurons in the medulla and in the cervical spinal cord. It has a cranial root, which joins the vagus (10th cranial) nerve and sends motor fibers to the muscles of the larynx, and a spinal root, which sends motor fibers to the trapezius and the sternocleidomastoid muscles. Damage to the nerve produces weakness in head rotation and shoulder elevation. (references) | |
| Accessory Nerve Diseases | Health | Diseases of the eleventh cranial (spinal accessory) nerve. This nerve originates from motor neurons in the lower medulla (accessory portion of nerve) and upper spinal cord (spinal portion of nerve). The two components of the nerve join and exit the skull via the jugular foramen, innervating the sternocleidomastoid and trapezius muscles, which become weak or paralyzed if the nerve is injured. The nerve is commonly involved in motor neuron disease, and may be injured by trauma to the posterior triangle of the neck. (references) | |
| Accessory or auxiliary equipment | Energy | A particular item of equipment added to a vehicle to aid or contribute to the vehicle's operation and/or mission. (references) | |
| Accessory pigments | Geology | Light-absorbing pigments such as carotenoids and phycobilins that serve as complements to chlorophyll in plants, algae and bacteria by trapping light energy for photosynthesis. (references) | |
| Accessory plate | Mining | A. The quartz wedge inserted in the microscope substage above the polarizer in order to estimate birefringence and to determine optical sign of uniaxial minerals. Cf: quartz wedge b. The selenite plate that gives the sensitive tint of a specimen between crossed nicols c. The mica plate that retards yellow light d. In polarized-light microscopy, an optical device that may be inserted into the light train to alter light interference after passage through, or reflection by, a crystalline material; e.g., quartz wedge, mica plate, gypsum plate, or Bertrand lens.e. In polarized-light microscopy, an optical compensator that may be inserted into the light train to alter birefringence after light passage through or reflection by an anisotropic material; e.g., quartz wedge, mica plate, gypsum plate, or Berek compensator. Syn: gips plate; glimmer plate; compensator. Cf: Berek compensator; gypsum plate. (references) | |
| Appurtenant structure Accessory | Fisheries | Structure on a harbor or dock. (references) | |
| Characterizing accessory mineral | Mining | See:varietal mineral. (references) | |
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