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appendix definition

ap·pen·dix (ə pen′diks)

noun pl. appendixes -·dixes or appendices -·di·ces′ (-də sēz′)

  1. additional or supplementary material at the end of a book or other writing
  2. Anat. an outgrowth of an organ; esp., the vermiform appendix

Etymology: L, appendage < appendere, append

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Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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appendix Synonyms

appendix

n.

addendum, supplement, codicil, excursus, attachment, addition, bibliography, tables, notes, index, samples, quotations, verification, proof, letters, documents, postscript; see also addition 2.

Anatomical appendices include: vermiform appendix, appendix vermiformis, appendix caeci, appendices epiploicae, appendix auriculae, appendix vesicae

(all Latin).

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appendix Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • attach: See attached appendix Our thoughts are that the conference was very successful.

Preposition: at

  • end: Our contact numbers can be found in the Appendix at the end of this handbook.

Adjective modifier

  • online-only: The children's analysis in online-only appendix had an asset.

Modifies a noun

  • B: Appendix B contains the flow diagram of our banking system.

Noun used with modifier

  • burst: This can happen as a result of a burst appendix, childbirth or abdominal surgery.

Possessives

  • husband: My husband's appendix was situated a little differently than most- it was pointing upward, away from the colon.
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The pace of science forces the pace of technique. Theoretical physics forces atomic energy on us; the successful production of the fission bomb forces upon us the manufacture of the hydrogen bomb.We do not choose our problems, we do not choose our products; we are pushed, we are forcedöby what? Bya system which has no purpose and goal transcending it, and which makes man its appendix.

-Fromm, Erich

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