An item of additional material added at the end of a book or other publication.
'It had an addendum page printed in blue, with some late-breaking news.'
'With most products, the crucial information on commission, which the IFA is required to reveal, comes as an addendum at the end of a 12-page document.'
'In addition, the paper comes with an on-line addendum of about 100 pages, although this is unfigured and largely concerns the cladistic analysis.'
'For those of you who haven't read the Act itself, the document is a fragmented mess of addenda, revisions, and additions to the U.S. Civil Code.'
'Just a few months before his death on 29 June 1988, he wrote an addendum to his early essay ‘Two Theological Languages,’ which was being republished.'
'Would it help matters if I published your addendum?'
'This addendum accomplishes several rhetorical tasks at once.'
'When I get around to reading the book, perhaps I'll make a small addendum to this review.'
'At the end of the column, an addendum will list several royal recipes for you to try.'
'But he added after pressure from Mr Gray: ‘We will be publishing those figures as a addendum by the end of March.’'
The radial distance from the pitch circle of a cogwheel or wormwheel to the crests of the teeth or ridges.
noun, plural addenda[uh-den-duh]/əˈdɛn də/(Show IPA), for 1, 2; addendums for
3.
1.
a thing to be added; an addition.
2.
an appendix to a book.
3.
Machinery.
the radial distance between the tip of a gear tooth and the pitch circle of a gear or the pitch line of a rack.Compare dedendum.
Also called addendum circle. an imaginary circle touching the tips of the teeth on a gear.
Examples:
"addendumses can be to numbers."
Origin:
addendum
Late 17th century: Latin, ‘that which is to be added’, gerundive of addere (see add).
