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Appendix — Appendix, from the Latin word of the same name, may refer to an Index / Bibliography. * In book design , an appendix is a reference section at the end of a book (see Addendum#Books) * In anatomy, a section at the end of an organ; in particular… … Wikipedia
Appendix — Appendix, Plural: Appendizes, Appendices oder Appendixe ist das lateinische Wort für „Anhang“. Während es im lateinischen feminin ist (die Appendix), wird es im Deutschen oft als maskulin (der Appendix) angesehen. Verschiedene Wissenschaften… … Deutsch Wikipedia
appendix — ap‧pen‧dix [əˈpendɪks] noun appendixes PLURALFORM or appendices PLURALFORM [ dɪsiːz] [countable] a part at the end of a book, document, or report, containing additional or useful information: • Further details of the 60 films used in this study… … Financial and business terms
Appendix — Ap*pen dix, n.; pl. E. {Appendixes}, L. {Appendices}. [L. appendix, dicis, fr. appendere. See {Append}.] 1. Something appended or added; an appendage, adjunct, or concomitant. [1913 Webster] Normandy became an appendix to England. Sir M. Hale.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
appendix — (n.) 1540s, subjoined addition to a document or book, from L. appendix an addition, continuation, something attached, from appendere (see APPEND (Cf. append)). Used for small outgrowth of an internal organ from 1610s, especially in reference to… … Etymology dictionary
appendix — I (accession) noun accessory, additament, adiungere, annexation, appendage, attachment, complement, extension, inclusion, insertion, pendant II (supplement) noun accessio, addendum, addere … Law dictionary
appendix — appendix, addendum, supplement designate additional matter subjoined to a book. Appendix is used of appended material which contributes (as by way of illustration, amplification, or citation of documents) to the effectiveness of a treatment that… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
appendix — [ə pen′diks] n. pl. appendixes or appendices [ə pen′də sēz΄] [L, appendage < appendere, APPEND] 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: see… … English World dictionary
Appendix — (lat.), 1) Anhang, s.d. bes. 1) u. 2); 2) (Appendicula, Anat.), kleinere End od. Seitenstücke größerer Theile; 3) so v.w. Fortsatz; so A. vermicularis od. vermiformis intestīni coei, so v.w. Wurmfortsatz des Blinddarms, nur dem Menschen u.… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Appéndix — Appéndix, die (lat.), Anhang oder Zusatz zu einem Buch etc.; der Wurmfortsatz des Blinddarms; Appendicula, Anhängsel; appendizieren, als Anhang nachträglich beifügen … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Appendix — Appendix, der Füllansatz des Luftballons, s. Ballon … Lexikon der gesamten Technik
