Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
supplemental . - Especially, in anatomy and zoology, additional (to what is normal, ordinary, or usual); added, as something secondary, subsidiary, or useless; supernumerary; extra: as, a supplementary digit (a sixth finger or toe).
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- adjective
Additional ; added tosupply what is wanted.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective functioning in a supporting capacity
- adjective added to complete or make up a deficiency
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Examples
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That these verses are entirely supplementary is the simplest and most natural view of them.
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InPlay: Solarfun Power signs a long-term supplementary wafer and polysilicon product supply contract with GCL-Poly Energy Holdings
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InPlay: Solarfun Power signs a long-term supplementary wafer and polysilicon product supply contract with GCL-Poly Energy Holdings
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6:07AM Solarfun Power signs a long-term supplementary wafer and polysilicon product supply contract with GCL-Poly Energy Holdings
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Seniors, or most of them, have to already purchase "private health insurance" to go along with Medicare, it's called a supplementary plan to close the "gap", except Rx's get screwed bigtime.
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Seniors, or most of them, have to already purchase "private health insurance" to go along with Medicare, it's called a supplementary plan to close the "gap", except Rx's get screwed bigtime.
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The regulatory filings detail all account data for so-called supplementary accounts, but consist almost entirely of data about the retained-asset accounts.
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The Treasury said the projected increase in borrowing reflected costs from a continuation of the so-called supplementary financing program -- a program started last year that allows for the auction of Treasury bills to provide cash for use in Federal Reserve initiatives designed to support ailing credit markets -- and a decrease in revenue collected by the government.
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The supplementarity principle, also referred to as the supplementary principle, is one of the principles of the Kyoto Protocol.
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A garden is defined as a supplementary food production system that is under the management and control of household members.
glielmo commented on the word supplementary
I think you should add the mathematical meaning: supplementary angles sum up to 180 degrees
February 12, 2012