Definition of Addendum

1. Noun. Textual matter that is added onto a publication; usually at the end.

Exact synonyms: Postscript, Supplement
Generic synonyms: Matter
Group relationships: Back Matter, End Matter
Specialized synonyms: Appendix, Continuation, Sequel
Derivative terms: Supplement, Supplementary

Definition of Addendum

1. n. A thing to be added; an appendix or addition.

Definition of Addendum

1. Noun. Something to be added; especially text added as an appendix or supplement to a document. ¹

2. Noun. A postscript. ¹

3. Noun. (engineering) The height by which the tooth of a gear projects beyond (outside for external, or inside for internal) the standard pitch circle or pitch line. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Addendum

1. something added or to be added [n -DUMS or -DA]

Medical Definition of Addendum

1. Origin: L, fr. Addere to add. A thing to be added; an appendix or addition. Addendum circle, the circle which may be described around a circular spur wheel or gear wheel, touching the crests or tips of the teeth. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Addendum

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addaxes
adde
addebted
added
added up
addedly
addeem
addeemed
addeeming
addeems
addend
addenda
addended
addends
addendum (current term)
addendums
adder
adder's-tongue
adder's-tongues
adder's fern
adder's tongue
adder's tongue fern
adder's tongues
adder flies
adder fly
adderlike
adders
adderwort
adderworts

Literary usage of Addendum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1916)
"Subsequently the supervising architect sent to all parties from whom proposals had been solicited the following addendum amending the foregoing paragraph of ..."

2. Elements of Machine Design by Oscar Adolph Leutwiler (1917)
"At the present time unequal addendum gears are used extensively on the rear axle ... In America up to the present time, the unequal addendum teeth are used ..."

3. Shop Sketching by Joseph William Woolley, Roy Brodhead Meredith (1913)
"The addendum.—This is the technical name given to that part of the gear tooth ... In the standard system of gearing in general use, the addendum is made ..."

4. The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales by Linnean Society of New South Wales (1886)
"I. and II., this is the third addendum of this kind. The classification used here is the amended one, published recently in the Zeitschrift fur ..."

5. Elements of Mechanical Drawing: Their Application and a Course in Mechanical by Alpha Pierce Jamison (1904)
"The outer end of a tooth is called the addendum end, and a circle, concentric with the gear, drawn through it is called the addendum-circle; the inner "end" ..."

6. The Continental Legal History Series by Association of American Law Schools (1913)
"addendum on German Criminal Procedure from the 1400s to the 1700s.4 (1) Influence ... 4 [This addendum = Chapters XIV and XVII of Professor MITTER- MAIER'S ..."

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