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COMPLEMENT, n.
That which fills up
or completes; the quantity or number required to fill a thing or
make it complete.
That which is required to supply a
deficiency, or to complete a symmetrical whole.
History is the complement of poetry. Full quantity, number, or amount; a
complete set; completeness.
To exceed his complement and number
appointed him which was one hundred and twenty persons. A second quantity added
to a given quantity to make it equal to a third given
quantity.
Something added for ornamentation; an
accessory.
[Obs.]
Without vain art or curious
complements. The whole working force
of a vessel.
The interval wanting to
complete the octave; -- the fourth is the complement of
the fifth, the sixth of the third.
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. To supply a lack; to supplement.
[R.] To compliment.
[Obs.] Jer.
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