addenda

[ uh-den-duh ]

/ əˈdɛn də /

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.

Words nearby addenda

added line, added sixth, added title page, added-value tax, addend, addenda, addendum, adder, adder's-meat, adder's-mouth, adder's-tongue

Definition for addenda (2 of 2)

addendum

[ uh-den-duh m ]

/ əˈdɛn dəm /

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.

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.

Origin of addendum

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

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Examples from the Web for addenda

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 Addenda and Corrigenda section contains substantial material - tables and multiple paragraph notes.
Opuscula|Robert Gordon Latham
Some less offensive mode might have been adopted, by the employment of errata, or appendices, or addenda.
Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2)|A Sexton of the Old School
The book was probably a long time in the press, for there are no less than 20 pages of addenda in small print.
Darwin and Modern Science|A.C. Seward and Others

An interesting account of the removal of these remains may be found in the Addenda to Bentham's History, vol.
Ely Cathedral|Anonymous

British Dictionary definitions for addenda

addendum

/ (əˈdɛndəm) /

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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