Adventitious synonyms

ăd'vĕn-tĭsh'əs, -vən-

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accidental
Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; casual; fortuitous
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casual
Unpremeditated or offhand:
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extrinsic
The definition of extrinsic refers to a non-essential part, or to something that is not really relevant to the heart of the matter.
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foreign
Conducted or involved with other nations or governments; not domestic:
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fortuitous
The definition of fortuitous is happening by chance.
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nonessential
Having little or no importance; not essential.
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adscititious
Derived or acquired from something extrinsic; not part of the real, inherent, or essential nature of a thing
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incidental
Loosely associated; existing as a byproduct, tangent, or accident.
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supervenient
(Logic, philosophy, of a set of properties) In a relationship with another set such that membership in the other set implies membership in the present set
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surface (related)
Relating to or occurring on or near the surface of the earth.
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mycotoxin (related)
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inoculum (related)
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oocyst (related)
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Adventitious Sentence Examples

  • The growth of the primary root is limited; sooner or later adventitious roots develop from the axis above the radicle which they ultimately exceed in growth.

  • If we meet with phenomena which do not fit easily into this view, we have the alternatives either to modify our assumed laws of motion, or to call to our aid adventitious forces, or to examine whethet the discrepancy can be reconciled by the simpler expedient of a new basis of reference.

  • Owing to various adventitious circumstances the sect came into great prominence politically and ecclesiastically for a few years about the middle of the 14th century.

  • Just as each kind of fermentation possesses a definite organized ferment, so many diseases are dependent on the presence of a distinct microbe; and just as the gardener can pick out and grow a given plant or vegetable, so the bacteriologist can (in most cases) eliminate the adventitious and grow the special organism - in other words, can obtain a pure cultivation which has the power of bringing about the special disease.

  • Thus (e.g.) " natural rights " become rights of which the general observance would be useful apart from the institution of civil government; as distinguished from the no less binding " adventitious rights," the utility of which depends upon this institution.

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