COMPLEMENT
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Com"ple*ment (?), n. [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.
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2. That which is required to supply a deficiency, or to complete a symmetrical whole.
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History is the complement of poetry.
Sir J. Stephen.
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3. Full quantity, number, or amount; a complete set; completeness.
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To exceed his complement and number appointed him which was one hundred and twenty persons.
Hakluyt.
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4. (Math.) A second quantity added to a given quantity to make it equal to a third given quantity.
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5. Something added for ornamentation; an accessory. [Obs.]
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Without vain art or curious complements.
Spenser.
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6. (Naut.) The whole working force of a vessel.
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7. (Mus.) The interval wanting to complete the octave; -- the fourth is the complement of the fifth, the sixth of the third.
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8. A compliment. [Obs.] Shak.
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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 Complement of an 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.
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Com"ple*ment (?), v. t. 1. To supply a lack; to supplement. [R.]
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2. To compliment. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
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