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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
supplementary
    adj 1: functioning in a supporting capacity; "the main library
           and its auxiliary branches" [syn: auxiliary,
           subsidiary, supplemental, supplementary]
    2: added to complete or make up a deficiency; "produced
       supplementary volumes" [syn: supplementary, supplemental]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]

Thesaurus Results for supplementary:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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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