appendix

[ uh-pen-diks ]
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noun,plural ap·pen·di·ces [uh-pen-duh-seez], /əˈpɛn dəˌsiz/, ap·pen·dix·es.
  1. supplementary material at the end of a book, article, document, or other text, usually of an explanatory, statistical, or bibliographic nature.

  1. Anatomy.

  2. Aeronautics. the short tube at the bottom of a balloon bag, by which the intake and release of buoyant gas is controlled.

Origin of appendix

1
First recorded in 1535–45; from Latin: literally, “appendage,” equivalent to append(ere) “to add on” + -ix (equivalent to -ic- noun suffix + -s nominative singular ending); see origin at append

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Appendix, supplement both mean material added at the end of a book. An appendix gives useful additional information, but even without it the rest of the book is complete: In the appendix are forty detailed charts. A supplement, bound in the book or published separately, is given for comparison, as an enhancement, to provide corrections, to present later information, and the like: A yearly supplement is issued.

usage note For appendix

Appendices, a plural borrowed directly from Latin, is the usual plural, especially in scholarly writing, when referring to supplementary material at the end of a book. Appendixes is the usual plural in the anatomical meaning.

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British Dictionary definitions for appendix

appendix

/ (əˈpɛndɪks) /


nounplural -dices (-dɪˌsiːz) or -dixes
  1. a body of separate additional material at the end of a book, magazine, etc, esp one that is documentary or explanatory

  2. any part that is dependent or supplementary in nature or function; appendage

  1. anatomy See vermiform appendix

Origin of appendix

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C16: from Latin: an appendage, from appendere to append

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Scientific definitions for appendix

appendix

[ ə-pĕndĭks ]


Plural appendixes appendices (ə-pĕn-dĭ-sēz′)
  1. A tubular projection attached to the cecum of the large intestine and located on the lower right side of the abdomen. Also called vermiform appendix

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Cultural definitions for appendix

appendix

A small saclike organ located at the upper end of the large intestine. The appendix has no known function in present-day humans, but it may have played a role in the digestive system in humans of earlier times. The appendix is also called the vermiform appendix because of its wormlike (“vermiform”) shape.

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