supplemental

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supplemental - 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]

supplemental - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  supplemental
      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]