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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SUPPLEMENTAL, SUPPLEMENTARY

a.Additional; added to supply what is wanted; as a supplemental law or bill.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SUPPLEMENTAL; SUPPLEMENTARY

Sup `ple *men "tal, Sup `ple *men "ta *ry, a. Etym: [Cf. F. supplémentaire. ]

 

Defn: 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.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

supplemental

sup ple men tal /sʌ̀plɪmént (ə )l /形容詞 =supplementary .

 

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