Definition of complement

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Complement (v. t.) The interval wanting to complete the octave; -- the fourth is the complement of the fifth, the sixth of the third..

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Cosecant :: Cosecant (n.) The secant of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of Functions.
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..
Coversed Sine :: Coversed sine () The versed sine of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of Functions.
Complement :: Complement (v. t.) That which fills up or completes; the quantity or number required to fill a thing or make it complete.
Complemental :: Complemental (a.) Complimentary; courteous.
Comprehension :: Comprehension (n.) The complement of attributes which make up the notion signified by a general term.
Cotangent :: Cotangent (n.) The tangent of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of Functions.
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..
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..
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..
Complement :: Complement (v. t.) The whole working force of a vessel.
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..
Complemental :: Complemental (a.) Supplying, or tending to supply, a deficiency; fully completing..
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..
Light-handed :: Light-handed (a.) Not having a full complement of men; as, a vessel light-handed..
Complement :: Complement (v. t.) A second quantity added to a given quantity to make it equal to a third given quantity.
Complement :: Complement (v. t.) To compliment.
Equity :: Equity (n.) A system of jurisprudence, supplemental to law, properly so called, and complemental of it..
Complement :: Complement (v. t.) Something added for ornamentation; an accessory.
Complementary :: Complementary (n.) One skilled in compliments.
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