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Complement

Complement (complement)
n.(?)
Com"ple*ment
[L. complementun: cf. F. complément. See Complete, v. t., and cf. Compliment.]
  1. That which fills up or completes; the quantity or number required to fill a thing or make it complete.
  2. That which is required to supply a deficiency, or to complete a symmetrical whole.

    History is the complement of poetry.
    Sir J. Stephen.

  3. Full quantity, number, or amount; a complete set; completeness.

    To exceed his complement and number appointed him which was one hundred and twenty persons.
    Hakluyt.

  4. A second quantity added to a given quantity to make it equal to a third given quantity.
  5. Something added for ornamentation; an accessory.
    [Obs.]

    Without vain art or curious complements.
    Spenser.

  6. The whole working force of a vessel.
  7. The interval wanting to complete the octave; -- the fourth is the complement of the fifth, the sixth of the third.
  8. A compliment.
    [Obs.] Shak.

    Arithmetical compliment of a logarithm. See under Logarithm. -- Arithmetical complement of a number (Math.), the difference between that number and the next higher power of 10; as, 4 is the complement of 6, and 16 of 84. -- Complement of an arc or angle (Geom.), the difference between that arc or angle and 90°. -- Complement of a parallelogram. (Math.) See Gnomon. -- In her complement (Her.), said of the moon when represented as full.


Complement

Complement (complement)
v. t.(?)
Com"ple*ment
  1. To supply a lack; to supplement.
    [R.]
  2. To compliment.
    [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.













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