appendment

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *(s)péndeti

Proto-Italic *pendō

Latin pendō

Latin appendō

Old French apendrebor.

Middle English appenden

English append

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom

Proto-Italic *-mentom

Latin -mentum

Old French -mentbor.

Middle English -ment

English -ment

English appendment

From append + -ment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈpɛndmənt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

appendment (countable and uncountable, plural appendments)

1. The act or practice of appending.
   • 1997, Vijav Varadharajan, Josef Pieprzyk, Yi Mu, Information Security and Privacy, →ISBN:

     Provision of integrity service requires the calculation of Integrity Checksum Value (ICV) and its appendment to the data.

   • 2001, The New HIPAA Privacy Rule: Guiding Your Clients Through the Implementation Process:

     Many commenters strongly encouraged the Secretary to adopt “appendment” rather than “amendment and correction” procedures. They argued that the term “correction” implies a deletion of information and that the proposed rule would have allowed covered entities to remove portions of the record at their discretion. Commenters indicated that appendment rather than correction procedures will ensure the integrity of the medical record and allow subsequent health care providers access to the original information as well as the appended information.

   • 2017, Sarada Thallam, Rajam Krishnan and Indian Feminist Hermeneutics, →ISBN, page 23:

     The songs of the first section of the Rig Veda that offer approbations to Indra and Varuna are believed to have been composed by Parukshepa the son of a devadasi, whose name attains a special significance, since it suggests a steep departure from the then ensuing practice of appendment of only a patriarchal surname.