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==Etymology==
{http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [[Latin]] supplementum, from supplēre to fill up, complete
*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Century 14th century]
==Definitions==
*1 a : something that completes or makes an [[addition]] The [[action]] of supplying what is wanting; the making good of a deficiency or shortcoming.
:b : dietary supplement
*2 : a part added to or issued as a continuation of a [[book]] or [[periodical]] to correct errors or make additions
*3 : an angle or arc that when added to a given angle or arc equals 180°
==Description==
A '''supplement''' is a publication that has a role secondary to that of another preceding or concurrent publication.
A follow-on publication [[complements]] its predecessor, either by bringing it up-to-date (e.g. the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index_Catalogue Index Catalogue]), or by otherwise enhancing the predecessor's coverage of a particular [[topic]] or subject matter, as in the Tosefta. Supplements are particularly popular and useful in [[gaming]] hobbies.
A newspaper supplement, often a weekly section of its [[parent]], usually has a tabloid or magazine format and covers wide-ranging and less time-critical subjects, as in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_American_Weekly The American Weekly], the 2004 version of Life, and Parade; newspaper supplements became common in France and Germany in the mid to late 19th century--they were called feuillton in French. In Chinese, they are called [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukan_literary_supplement fukan].
[[Category: General Reference]]
==Etymology==
{http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [[Latin]] supplementum, from supplēre to fill up, complete
*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Century 14th century]
==Definitions==
*1 a : something that completes or makes an [[addition]] The [[action]] of supplying what is wanting; the making good of a deficiency or shortcoming.
:b : dietary supplement
*2 : a part added to or issued as a continuation of a [[book]] or [[periodical]] to correct errors or make additions
*3 : an angle or arc that when added to a given angle or arc equals 180°
==Description==
A '''supplement''' is a publication that has a role secondary to that of another preceding or concurrent publication.
A follow-on publication [[complements]] its predecessor, either by bringing it up-to-date (e.g. the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index_Catalogue Index Catalogue]), or by otherwise enhancing the predecessor's coverage of a particular [[topic]] or subject matter, as in the Tosefta. Supplements are particularly popular and useful in [[gaming]] hobbies.
A newspaper supplement, often a weekly section of its [[parent]], usually has a tabloid or magazine format and covers wide-ranging and less time-critical subjects, as in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_American_Weekly The American Weekly], the 2004 version of Life, and Parade; newspaper supplements became common in France and Germany in the mid to late 19th century--they were called feuillton in French. In Chinese, they are called [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukan_literary_supplement fukan].
[[Category: General Reference]]