addendum
noun, plural ad·den·da [uh-den-duh] /əˈdɛn də/ for 1, 2; ad·den·dums for 3.
- 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
Related Words for addendum
postscript, appendix, codicil, extension, extra, addition, adjunct, supplement, augmentation, attachment, appendage, riderExamples from the Web for addendum
Contemporary Examples of addendum
When Sisley released a photo of the addendum, taken by a friend in the legislature, reporters flooded Biggs with questions.
Hopefully you could include it as an addendum if not actually include it within the article itself.
That felt like cheating, I imagined my own reaction to reading a book and then finding such an addendum at the end.
Mike Brown had noted that the names of the women who were pregnant have an addendum, “and her unborn child.”
An addendum to this story comes from the aforementioned “best friend” decorator, John Wiltgen.
Historical Examples of addendum
Natalenko re-read the addendum, pursed his thick lips and sighed.
Lone Star PlanetHenry Beam Piper and John Joseph McGuire
He offered no addendum to the revelation he had made to Kurt.
Penny of Top Hill TrailBelle Kanaris Maniates
It is not an addendum or an excrescence: it is an actual part of the fabric of life itself.
Spirit and MusicH. Ernest Hunt
But the addendum—that he didn't cass any fiss—betrayed her inexperience.
Somehow GoodWilliam de Morgan
His formidable eye supplied the addendum, "And you leave the room!"
The Prodigal FatherJ. Storer Clouston