Assistant vs. Adjoint — What's the Difference?

One that assists; a helper.

In mathematics, the term adjoint applies in several situations.

Holding an auxiliary position; subordinate.

(mathematics) 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).

Giving aid; auxiliary.

That is related to another functor by an adjunction.

Having a subordinate or auxiliary position.

Having a relationship of the nature of an adjoint (adjoint curve); sharing multiple points with.

Helping; lending aid or support; auxiliary.

(mathematics) The transpose of the cofactor matrix of a given square matrix.

(obsolete) Someone who is present; a bystander, a witness.

Transpose conjugate.

A person who assists or helps someone else.

Hermitian conjugate.

(British) Sales assistant.

A functor related to another functor by an adjunction.

A software tool that provides assistance in some task, a wizard program.

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.

Helping; lending aid or support; auxiliary.

An assistant to someone who holds a position in the military or civil service.

Of the second grade in the staff of the army; as, an assistant surgeon.

An assistant mayor of a French commune.

One who, or that which, assists; a helper; an auxiliary; a means of help.

An adjunct; a helper.

An attendant; one who is present.

A person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose;

Of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another