appendix
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (2)
- supplementary material that is collected and appended at the back of a book
- a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouchSynonyms: vermiform appendixvermiform processcecal appendage
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Appendix \Ap*pen"dix\, n.; pl. E. Appendixes, L. Appendices. [L. appendix, -dicis, fr. appendere. See Append.]
1.Something appended or added; an appendage, adjunct, or concomitant. [1913 Webster]
Normandy became an appendix to England.— Sir M. Hale.[1913 Webster]
2.Any literary matter added to a book, but not necessarily essential to its completeness, and thus distinguished from supplement, which is intended to supply deficiencies and correct inaccuracies. [1913 Webster]
3.(Anatomy) The vermiform appendix. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Syn: See Supplement. [1913 Webster]