ap·pur·te·nance /əˈpɝtnən(t)s, ˈpɚ/
附屬物,附件
Ap·pur·te·nance n. That which belongs to something else; an adjunct; an appendage; an accessory; something annexed to another thing more worthy; in common parlance and legal acceptation, something belonging to another thing as principal, and which passes as incident to it, as a right of way, or other easement to land; a right of common to pasture, an outhouse, barn, garden, or orchard, to a house or messuage. In a strict legal sense, land can never pass as an appurtenance to land.
Globes . . . provided as appurtenances to astronomy. --Bacon.
The structure of the eye, and of its appurtenances. --Reid.
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appurtenance
n : a supplementary component that improves capability [syn: accessory,
supplement, add-on]