Definition of complement

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Complement (v. t.) That which is required to supply a deficiency, or to complete a symmetrical whole..

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Equity :: Equity (n.) A system of jurisprudence, supplemental to law, properly so called, and complemental of it..
Light-handed :: Light-handed (a.) Not having a full complement of men; as, a vessel light-handed..
Spectrum :: Spectrum (n.) A luminous appearance, or an image seen after the eye has been exposed to an intense light or a strongly illuminated object. When the object is colored, the image appears of the complementary color, as a green image seen after viewing a red wafer lying on white paper. Called also ocular spectrum..
Complement :: Complement (v. t.) A compliment.
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..
Colatitude :: Colatitude (n.) The complement of the latitude, or the difference between any latitude and ninety degrees..
Clutch :: Clutch (n.) The nest complement of eggs of a bird.
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..
Comprehension :: Comprehension (n.) The complement of attributes which make up the notion signified by a general term.
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..
Complement :: Complement (v. t.) Something added for ornamentation; an accessory.
Cotangent :: Cotangent (n.) The tangent of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of Functions.
Complementary :: Complementary (a.) Serving to fill out or to complete; as, complementary numbers..
Complement :: Complement (v. t.) Full quantity, number, or amount; a complete set; completeness..
Complement :: Complement (v. t.) A second quantity added to a given quantity to make it equal to a third given quantity.
Set :: Set (n.) A number of things of the same kind, ordinarily used or classed together; a collection of articles which naturally complement each other, and usually go together; an assortment; a suit; as, a set of chairs, of china, of surgical or mathematical instruments, of books, etc..
Complemental :: Complemental (a.) Supplying, or tending to supply, a deficiency; fully completing..
Complement :: Complement (v. t.) The whole working force of a vessel.
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..
Orchestra :: Orchestra (n.) A band composed, for the largest part, of players of the various viol instruments, many of each kind, together with a proper complement of wind instruments of wood and brass; -- as distinguished from a military or street band of players on wind instruments, and from an assemblage of solo players for the rendering of concerted pieces, such as septets, octets, and the like..
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