Definition of complement

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Complement (v. t.) That which fills up or completes; the quantity or number required to fill a thing or make it complete.

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Comprehension :: Comprehension (n.) The complement of attributes which make up the notion signified by a general term.
Complement :: Complement (v. t.) To compliment.
Man :: Man (v. t.) To supply with men; to furnish with a sufficient force or complement of men, as for management, service, defense, or the like; to guard; as, to man a ship, boat, or fort..
Complementary :: Complementary (a.) Serving to fill out or to complete; as, complementary numbers..
Naked :: Naked (a.) Not having the full complement of tones; -- said of a chord of only two tones, which requires a third tone to be sounded with them to make the combination pleasing to the ear; as, a naked fourth or fifth..
Cosine :: Cosine (n.) The sine of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of Functions.
Complement :: Complement (v. t.) The whole working force of a vessel.
Take :: Take (v. t.) To assume; to adopt; to acquire, as shape; to permit to one's self; to indulge or engage in; to yield to; to have or feel; to enjoy or experience, as rest, revenge, delight, shame; to form and adopt, as a resolution; -- used in general senses, limited by a following complement, in many idiomatic phrases; as, to take a resolution; I take the liberty to say..
Cap :: Cap (v. t.) To match; to mate in contest; to furnish a complement to; as, to cap text; to cap proverbs..
Complement :: Complement (v. t.) That which is required to supply a deficiency, or to complete a symmetrical whole..
Clutch :: Clutch (n.) The nest complement of eggs of a bird.
Complemental :: Complemental (a.) Complimentary; courteous.
Complement :: Complement (v. t.) That which fills up or completes; the quantity or number required to fill a thing or make it complete.
Complement :: Complement (v. t.) A compliment.
Complement :: Complement (v. t.) The interval wanting to complete the octave; -- the fourth is the complement of the fifth, the sixth of the third..
Antilogarithm :: Antilogarithm (n.) The number corresponding to a logarithm. The word has been sometimes, though rarely, used to denote the complement of a given logarithm; also the logarithmic cosine corresponding to a given logarithmic sine..
Light-handed :: Light-handed (a.) Not having a full complement of men; as, a vessel light-handed..
Pair :: Pair (v. t.) To unite in couples; to form a pair of; to bring together, as things which belong together, or which complement, or are adapted to one another..
Complementary :: Complementary (n.) One skilled in compliments.
Counterpart :: Counterpart (n.) A thing may be applied to another thing so as to fit perfectly, as a seal to its impression; hence, a thing which is adapted to another thing, or which supplements it; that which serves to complete or complement anything; hence, a person or thing having qualities lacking in another; an opposite..
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