adventitious – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
adventitious
adj.
happening by chance; not inherent; occurring accidentally
Adventitiousness
Adventitious has various meanings in various disciplines and in general usage.
adventitious
Adjective
1. associated by chance and not an integral part; "poetry is something to which words are the accidental, not by any means the essential form"- Frederick W. Robertson; "they had to decide whether his misconduct was adventitious or the result of a flaw in his character"
(synonym) accidental
(similar) extrinsic
Adventitious
(a.)
Out of the proper or usual place; as, adventitious buds or roots.
(a.)
Added extrinsically; not essentially inherent; accidental or causal; additional; supervenient; foreign.
(a.)
Acquired, as diseases; accidental.
(a.)
Accidentally or sparingly spontaneous in a country or district; not fully naturalized; adventive; -- applied to foreign plants.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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adventitious
adjective
which is on the outside
adventitious bursa = see BURSA
