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English Dictionary: complement	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
complement n a word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction a complete number or quantity; "a full complement" number needed to make up a whole force; "a full complement of workers" Synonym(s): complement, full complement something added to complete or embellish or make perfect; "a fine wine is a perfect complement to the dinner"; "wild rice was served as an accompaniment to the main dish" Synonym(s): complement, accompaniment one of a series of enzymes in the blood serum that are part of the immune response either of two parts that mutually complete each other v make complete or perfect; supply what is wanting or form the complement to; "I need some pepper to complement the sweet touch in the soup"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Complement \Com"ple*ment\, v. t. 1. To supply a lack; to supplement. [R.] 2. To compliment. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Complement \Com"plement\, n. [L. complementun: cf. F. compl[82]ment. 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. (Math.) 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. (Naut.) The whole working force of a vessel. 7. (Mus.) 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[deg]. {Complement of a parallelogram}. (Math.) See {Gnomon}. {In her complement} (Her.), said of the moon when represented as full.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
complement The other value or values in the set of possible values. See {logical complement}, {bitwise complement}, {set complement}. (1995-01-24)