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appendix

  • /əˈpɛn.dɪks/ UK, US
  • /əˈpɪn.dɪks/ pin pen merger

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Borrowed from Latin appendix.

noun appendices · appendixes

  1. broadly, obsolete Something attached to something else; an attachment or accompaniment. Near-synonyms: ancillary, auxiliary
  2. A text added to the end of a book or an article, containing additional information. Holonym: back matter
  3. The vermiform appendix.
  4. Any process, prolongation, or projection.

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