• A technique of intaglio printmaking similar to engraving in which an image is incised into a plate by scratching the surface with a hard, sharp metal (or diamond) point.
• The transpose of the cofactor matrix of a given square matrix.
• (of a matrix) Transpose conjugate.
• (of an operator) Hermitian conjugate.
• A functor related to another functor by an adjunction.
• 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.
• An assistant to someone who holds a position in the military or civil service.
• An assistant mayor of a French commune.
adjective
• Used in certain contexts, in each case involving a pair of transformations, one of which is, or is analogous to, conjugation (either inner automorphism or complex conjugation).
• (of a functor) That is related to another functor by an adjunction.
• (of one curve to another curve) Having a relationship of the nature of an adjoint (adjoint curve); sharing multiple points with.
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