different between append vs adjoin

English

Etymology

From Latin appendere (“to hang up, suspend on, pay out”), via Old French apendre, appendre, via Middle English appenden; from ad (“on, upon, against”) + pendere (“to suspend, hang”), equivalent to ad- +? pend. Compare with Old English appenden, apenden (“to belong”). See also pendant.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??p?nd/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /??p?nd/
• Rhymes: -?nd
• Homophone: upend

Verb

append (third-person singular simple present appends, present participle appending, simple past and past participle appended)

1. (transitive) To hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended

2. (transitive) To add, as an accessory to the principal thing; to annex

3. (computing) To write more data to the end of a pre-existing file, string, or other object.

Derived terms

• appendage
• prepend

Translations

Noun

append (plural appends)

1. (computing) An instance of writing more data to the end of an existing file.

References

• append in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• napped

French

Verb

append

1. third-person singular present indicative of appendre

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman adjoindre, from Latin adiung?.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ?-join'
• IPA^(key): /??d???n/
• Rhymes: -??n

Verb

adjoin (third-person singular simple present adjoins, present participle adjoining, simple past and past participle adjoined)

1. (transitive) To be in contact or connection with.

   The living room and dining room adjoin each other.

   • We were in the living area, which adjoins the kitchen.

2. (transitive, mathematics, chiefly algebra and number theory) To extend an algebraic object (e.g. a field, a ring, etc.) by adding to it (an element not belonging to it) and all finite power series of (the element).

   ${\displaystyle {\textbf {Q}}\left({\sqrt {2}}\right)}$ can be obtained from ${\displaystyle {\textbf {Q}}}$ by adjoining ${\displaystyle {\sqrt {2}}}$ to ${\displaystyle {\textbf {Q}}}$.

Derived terms

• adjoining

Related terms

• adjunction

Translations