Supplementary

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  47 Moby Thesaurus words for "supplementary":
     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