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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. functioning in a supporting capacity;
- Example: "the main library and its auxiliary branches"
[syn: auxiliary, subsidiary, supplemental, supplementary]

2. added to complete or make up a deficiency;
- Example: "produced supplementary volumes"
[syn: supplementary, supplemental]


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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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]