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English Dictionary: Supplemental	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
supplemental adj functioning in a supporting capacity; "the main library and its auxiliary branches" Synonym(s): auxiliary, subsidiary, supplemental, supplementary added to complete or make up a deficiency; "produced supplementary volumes" Synonym(s): supplementary, supplemental
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Supplemental \Sup`plemen"tal\, Supplementary \Sup`plemen"tary\, a. [Cf. F. suppl[82]mentaire.] Added to supply what is wanted; additional; being, or serving as, a supplement; as, a supplemental* law; a supplementary sheet or volume. {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.