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sup⋅ple⋅men⋅tal

  [suhp-luh-men-tl]
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–adjective
1. supplementary.
2. nonscheduled (def. 2).
3. (of a pleading, an affidavit, etc.) added to furnish what is lacking or missing.
–noun
4. anything that is supplemental: supplementals attached to the bill in committee.
Origin:
1595–1605; supplement + -al 1

Related forms:
sup⋅ple⋅men⋅tal⋅ly, adverb

sup⋅ple⋅men⋅ta⋅ry

  [suhp-luh-men-tuh-ree] adjective, noun, plural -ries.
–adjective
1. Also, supplemental. of the nature of or forming a supplement; additional.
–noun
2. a person or thing that is supplementary.
Origin:
1660–70; supplement + -ary
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sup·ple·ment   (sŭp'lə-mənt)   


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n.  
  1. Something added to complete a thing, make up for a deficiency, or extend or strengthen the whole.
  2. A section added to a book or document to give further information or to correct errors.
  3. A separate section devoted to a special subject inserted into a periodical, such as a newspaper.
  4. Mathematics The angle or arc that when added to a given angle or arc makes 180° or a semicircle. Also called supplementary angle.
tr.v.   (-měnt') sup·ple·ment·ed, sup·ple·ment·ing, sup·ple·ments
To provide or form a supplement to.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin supplēmentum, from supplēre, to complete; see supply.]
sup'ple·men·tar'i·ty (-târ'ĭ-tē) n., sup'ple·men'ta·ry (-měn'tə-rē, -trē), sup'ple·men'tal (-měn'tl) adj., sup'ple·men·ta'tion (-měn-tā'shən) n.
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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.
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Main Entry: sup·ple·men·tal
Pronunciation: "s&-pl&-'ment-&l
Function: adjective
: serving to complete or make an addition <supplemental appropriations>; specifically : of, relating to, or being a supplemental pleading —supplemental noun
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Main Entry: sup·ple·men·tal
Pronunciation: "s&p-l&-'ment-&l
Function: adjective
: serving to supplement : SUPPLEMENTARY
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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