Meaning of complement

Complement

Uncommon

noun

•

Something (or someone) that

; the

.

•

The

of

something, or the

of being

;

,

,

.

•

The

, the

or number which

something.

•

Something which

,

etc.; an

.

•

In Nautical:

The whole

of a

.

•

In Heraldry:

(of the

).

•

In Astronomy & Geometry:

An

which,

a

,

a

.

•

Something which

, something which

with

to

a

whole;

, something

to be a

or

or

.

•

In Grammar:

A

or group of

that

a

in the

or is

with the

or

.

•

In Music:

An

which,

the

,

an

.

•

In Optics:

The

which, when

with the

,

(for

) or

(for

).

•

In Set theory:

, the set

one set's

that are not

of the other set (whether a

relative complement

or an

absolute complement

).

•

In Immunology:

One of several

that work with

during an

immune response

.

•

In Logic:

An

to some other

it is

under the same

that make other

, and

.

•

In Electronics:

A

level with the

to the

one.

•

In Computing:

with the

value to the

one; the

logical complement

of a number.

•

In Computing & Mathematics:

The

diminished radix complement

of a number; the

'

of a

;

'

of a

.

•

In Computing & Mathematics:

The

radix complement

of a number; the

two's complement

of a

.

•

In Computing & Mathematics:

The

numeric complement

of a number.

•

In Genetics:

A

in which each

is

by the

of the

:

(A) by

(T) or

(U),

(C) by

(G), and

.

•

or

of

.

•

In Biochemistry:

of

•

In Economics:

of

complementary good

.

verb

•

To

, to

, to

.

•

To provide

and

, thus

part of a whole.

•

To change a

, number,

, etc. to its

.

•

form of

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complement

English

complementum

Latin

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