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supplementary |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Supplemental \Sup`ple*men"tal\, Supplementary \Sup`ple*men"ta*ry\, a. [Cf. F. suppl['e]mentaire.] Added to supply what is wanted additional; being or serving as a supplement; as a supplemental law; a supplementary sheet or volume. {Supplemental air} (Physiol.), the air which in addition to the residual air remains in the lungs after ordinary expiration, but which unlike the residual air, can be expelled; reserve air. {Supplemental bill} (Equity), a bill filed in aid of an original bill to supply some deffect in the latter, or to set forth new facts which can not be done by amendment. --Burrill. --Daniel. {Supplementary chords} (Math.), in an ellipse or hyperbola, any two chords drawn through the extremities of a diameter, and intersecting on the curve. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: supplementary adj 1: added to complete or make up a deficiency; "produced supplementary volumes"; "additional reading" [syn: {supplemental}, {additional}] 2: functioning in a subsidiary or supporting capacity; "the main library and its auxiliary branches" [syn: {auxiliary}, {subsidiary}, {supplemental}]
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