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Definitions for additional
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Princeton's WordNet
extra, additionaladjective
further or added
"called for additional troops"; "need extra help"; "an extra pair of shoes"
Wiktionary
additionaladjective
Supplemental or added to something.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Additionaladjective
That which is added.
Etymology: from addition.
Our kalendar being once reformed and set right, it may be kept so, without any considerable variation, for many ages, by omitting one leap-year; i.e. the additional day, at the end of every 134 years. William Holder, on Time.
The greatest wits, that ever were produced in one age, lived together in so good an understanding, and celebrated one another with so much generosity, that each of them receives an additional lustre from his cotemporaries. Joseph Addison, Spectator.
They include in them that very kind of evidence, which is supposed to be so powerful; and do, withal, afford us several other additional proofs, of great force and clearness. Francis Atterbury, Serm.
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additional
Additional means something extra or supplementary to what is already present, involved, or exists. It often refers to extending or further contributing to something in quantity, quality, or degree.
Webster Dictionary
Additionaladjective
added; supplemental; in the way of an addition
Additionalnoun
something added
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'additional' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1419
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'additional' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1626
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'additional' in Adjectives Frequency: #166
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of additional in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of additional in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of additional in a Sentence
As we extend operations across Iraq and into Syria ... there is a good potential that we'll need additional capabilities, additional forces to provide those capabilities and we're looking at the right mix.
The interesting piece here is that the effect of daily summer temperatures on fire appears to be non-linear, meaning that each additional degree of warming has a greater influence than the last, this is in line with other work suggesting that wildfire size and severity is increasing in a non-linear fashion in response to the increasing' vapor pressure deficit' — a measure of atmospheric' thirstiness' that is directly related to both humidity and temperature.
Although Essure is no longer available for implantation in the U.S., The FDA remains committed to evaluating long-term safety information in women who have received the device, including data from an FDA-required postmarket surveillance study, the FDA is working with Bayer, Essure's manufacturer, to modify The FDA study to include an additional interim analysis at one year of follow up after patients' permanent birth control procedure -- this is earlier than the previously planned analysis at three years.
The Senate made the bipartisan decision as a nation to invest in America's manufacturing technology of semiconductors and additional funding for basic research and development in the cutting edge industries of the 21st century.
We've seen no additional corroborating information.
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- дадатко́выBelarusian
- допълнителенBulgarian
- addicionalCatalan, Valencian
- dodatečnýCzech
- ekstraDanish
- zusätzlichGerman
- επιπλέονGreek
- kromaEsperanto
- adicional, de más, extraSpanish
- اضافیPersian
- additionnelFrench
- a bharrachdScottish Gaelic
- נוסףHebrew
- अतिरिक्तHindi
- լրացուցիչArmenian
- addizionaleItalian
- piripiriMāori
- bijkomendDutch
- adicionalPortuguese
- adiționalRomanian
- дополнительныйRussian
- додатко́вий, додатковийUkrainian
- 额外Chinese
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