complement
Appearance
See also: complément
English
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Etymology
[edit]From Middle English complement, from Latin complēmentum (“that which fills up or completes”), from compleō (“I fill up, I complete”) (English complete). Doublet of compliment. The verb is from the noun.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɒmpləmənt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɑmpləmənt/
Audio (Southern England): Duration: 2 seconds. (file) Audio (US): Duration: 1 second. (file) - Homophone: compliment (in some dialects)
Noun
[edit]complement (countable and uncountable, plural complements)
- The totality, the full amount or number which completes something. [from 16th c.] quotations ▼
- (nautical) The whole working force of a vessel.
- (astronomy, geometry) An angle which, together with a given angle, makes a right angle. [from 18th c.]
- Something which completes, something which combines with something else to make up a complete whole; loosely, something perceived to be a harmonious or desirable partner or addition. [from 19th c.] quotations ▼
- (grammar, linguistics) A word or group of words that completes a grammatical construction in the predicate and that describes or is identified with the subject or object. [from 19th c.] quotations ▼
- (music) An interval which, together with the given interval, makes an octave. [from 19th c.]
- (optics) The color which, when mixed with the given color, gives black (for mixing pigments) or white (for mixing light). [from 19th c.]
- The complement of blue is orange.
- (set theory) Given two sets, the set containing one set's elements that are not members of the other set (whether a relative complement or an absolute complement). [from 20th c.]
- The complement of the odd numbers is the even numbers, relative to the natural numbers.
- (immunology) One of several blood proteins that work with antibodies during an immune response. [from 20th c.]
- (logic) An expression related to some other expression such that it is true under the same conditions that make other false, and vice versa. [from 20th c.]
- (electronics) A voltage level with the opposite logical sense to the given one.
- (computing) A bit with the opposite value to the given one; the logical complement of a number.
- (computing, mathematics) The diminished radix complement of a number; the nines' complement of a decimal number; the ones' complement of a binary number.
- The complement of is .
- (computing, mathematics) The radix complement of a number; the two's complement of a binary number.
- The complement of is .
- (computing, mathematics) The numeric complement of a number.
- The complement of −123 is 123.
- (genetics) A nucleotide sequence in which each base is replaced by the complementary base of the given sequence: adenine (A) by thymine (T) or uracil (U), cytosine (C) by guanine (G), and vice versa.
- A DNA molecule is formed from two strands, each of which is the complement of the other.
- (biochemistry) Synonym of alexin
- (economics) Abbreviation of complementary good.
- (now rare) Something (or someone) that completes; the consummation. [from 14th c.] quotations ▼
- (obsolete) The act of completing something, or the fact of being complete; completion, completeness, fulfilment. [15th–18th c.] quotations ▼
- (obsolete) Something which completes one's equipment, dress etc.; an accessory. [16th–17th c.] quotations ▼
- Obsolete spelling or misspelling of compliment. quotations ▼
Derived terms
[edit]- anticomplement
- complemental
- complementarian
- complementisation
- complementization
- complementize
- complement membrane attack complex
- complementoid
- complementologist
- complementology
- complementopathy
- complementophile
- complement protein
- complement system
- diminished radix complement
- full complement
- hypercomplementemia
- in complement
- logical complement
- nines' complement
- numeric complement
- object complement
- ones' complement
- orthocomplement
- orthogonal complement
- pseudo-complement
- radix complement
- relative pseudo-complement
- subject complement
- ten's complement
- transcomplement
- two's complement
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]Verb
[edit]complement (third-person singular simple present complements, present participle complementing, simple past and past participle complemented)
- To complete, to bring to perfection, to make whole.
- We believe your addition will complement the team.
- To provide what the partner lacks and lack what the partner provides, thus forming part of a whole.
- The flavors of the pepper and garlic complement each other, giving a very rich taste in combination.
- I believe our talents really complement each other.
- To change a voltage, number, color, etc. to its complement.
- (obsolete) Alternative spelling of compliment
Derived terms
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[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- DeLone et. al. (Eds.) (1975). Aspects of Twentieth-Century Music. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall. →ISBN.
- ^ “complement, v.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin complēmentum. Cf. also compliment.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Central) [kum.pləˈmen]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [kom.pləˈment]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [kom.pleˈment]
Noun
[edit]complement m (plural complements)
Related terms
[edit]Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French complément.
Noun
[edit]complement n (plural complemente)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | ||||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | complement | complementul | complemente | complementele | |
genitive-dative | complement | complementului | complemente | complementelor | |
vocative | complementule | complementelor |
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