A Topical Dictionary: Search for supplementary

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
[1913 Webster]

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.
[1913 Webster]

WordNet 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]

Moby Dictionary
accessory , accidental , added , additional , adjunct , adscititious ,
adventitious , ancillary , annexed , another , appended , appurtenant ,
ascititious , attached , auxiliary , casual , circumstantial ,
collateral , contingent , contributory , excess , extra , extraneous ,
farther , fortuitous , fresh , further , incidental , inessential , more ,
new , nonessential , other , plus , secondary , spare , subordinate ,
subsidiary , superadded , superfluous , supernumerary , supervenient ,
supplemental , supportive , surplus , ulterior , unessential

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