additament

[ uh-dit-uh-muh nt ]

/ əˈdɪt ə mənt /

noun

something added; an addition.

Origin of additament

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin additāmentum, equivalent to addit(us) (past participle) added (see addition) + -ā- (by analogy with verbal derivatives such as ornāmentum ornament) + -mentum -ment

OTHER WORDS FROM additament

ad·dit·a·men·ta·ry

[uh-dit-uh-men-tuh-ree] /əˌdɪt əˈmɛn tə ri/, adjective

Words nearby additament

addison's anemia, addison's clinical plane, addison's disease, addisonian, addisonian crisis, additament, addition, addition compound, addition polymer, addition polymerization, addition reaction

Example sentences from the Web for additament

Milk left to itself, without the help of distillation, or any additament whatever, undergoes a sort of decomposition.

Elements of the Theory and Practice of Chymistry, 5th ed. |Pierre Joseph Macquer
On the alternative that the additament takes on another additament, you will be embarrassed by a many-sided regress in infinitum.

The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha |Madhava Acharya
By means of this additament he decompounded Sal Ammoniac, and by the experiment obtained the lights he wanted.

Elements of the Theory and Practice of Chymistry, 5th ed. |Pierre Joseph Macquer
Corrosive Sublimate may also be made only by mixing Mercury with Sea-salt, without any additament.

Elements of the Theory and Practice of Chymistry, 5th ed. |Pierre Joseph Macquer

An Aqua regis may also be drawn from nitrous earths by the force of fire only, without the help of any additament.

Elements of the Theory and Practice of Chymistry, 5th ed. |Pierre Joseph Macquer