01 a. Added to supply what is wanted; additional; being, or serving as, a supplement; as, a supplemental law; a supplementary sheet or volume.
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Added to supply what is wanted; additional; being, or serving as, a supplement; as, a supplemental law; a supplementary sheet or volume.
Phrases & compounds
Supplemental air —
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 —
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.
Supplementary chords —
in an ellipse or hyperbola, any two chords drawn through the extremities of a diameter, and intersecting on the curve.