addenda

[uh-den-duh]

noun

a plural of addendum.
(used with a singular verb) a list of things to be added: The addenda in the back of the book runs to thirty pages.

addendum

[uh-den-duh m]

noun, plural ad·den·da

[uh-den-duh] /əˈdɛn də/ for 1, 2; ad·den·dums for 3.

a thing to be added; an addition.
an appendix to a book.
Machinery.
1. 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.
2. Also called addendum circle.an imaginary circle touching the tips of the teeth on a gear.

Origin of addendum

1785–95; neuter singular of Latin addendus to be added, gerundive of addere to add

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Related Words for addenda

postscript, appendix, codicil, extension, extra, addition, adjunct, supplement, augmentation, attachment, appendage, rider

Examples from the Web for addenda

Historical Examples of addenda

The receipts will be found in the Addenda, under the head of Hospital Diets.
Soyer's Culinary Campaign
Alexis Soyer
Where then, it may be asked, are the addenda to be placed at the end of each century?
George Cruikshank's Omnibus
George Cruikshank
The correction, revision, and addenda do not call for any special notice.
Catholic World, Vol. XI, April 1870-September 1870
Various
In calculating the addenda of bills she frequently had recourse to digital aid.
Ulysses
James Joyce
These addenda in the colonel's own handwriting tickled Norton's fancy.
Sons and Fathers
Harry Stillwell Edwards

British Dictionary definitions for addenda

addendum

noun plural -da (-də)

something added; an addition
a supplement or appendix to a book, magazine, etc
the radial distance between the major and pitch cylinders of an external screw thread
the radial distance between the pitch circle and tip of a gear tooth

Word Origin for addendum

C18: from Latin, literally: a thing to be added, neuter gerundive of addere to add

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Word Origin and History for addenda

addendum

1794, literally "something added," from Latin addendum, neuter of addendus "that which is to be added," gerundive of addere (see add (v.)). Classical plural form is addenda.