COMPLEMENT
\kˈɒmplɪmənt], \kˈɒmplɪmənt], \k_ˈɒ_m_p_l_ɪ_m_ə_n_t]\
Definitions of COMPLEMENT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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something added to complete or make perfect; "a fine wine is a perfect complement to the dinner"
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either of two parts that mutually complete each other
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a word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction
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a complete number or quantity; "a full complement"
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one of a series of enzymes in the blood serum that are part of the immune response
By Princeton University
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something added to complete or make perfect; "a fine wine is a perfect complement to the dinner"
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either of two parts that mutually complete each other
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a word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction
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a complete number or quantity; "a full complement"
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one of a series of enzymes in the blood serum that are part of the immune response
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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That which fills up or completes; the quantity or number required to fill a thing or make it complete.
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That which is required to supply a deficiency, or to complete a symmetrical whole.
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Full quantity, number, or amount; a complete set; completeness.
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A second quantity added to a given quantity to make it equal to a third given quantity.
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The whole working force of a vessel.
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The interval wanting to complete the octave; -- the fourth is the complement of the fifth, the sixth of the third.
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A compliment.
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To compliment.
By Oddity Software
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A heat-sensitive complex system in fresh human and other sera which, in combination with antibodies, is important in the host defense mechanism against invading organisms. At least 20 distinct serum proteins operate within the complement system. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific Terms, 4th ed)
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Full number or quantity; as, the regiment had its complement of men; something that completes that which was not complete; the angle or arc by which a given angle or arc falls short of 90 degrees.
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To complete; to supply a lack in.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To add or form a complement to; supplement.
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Full number; completeness; that which completes; an accessory.
By James Champlin Fernald
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That which completes or makes up the full number or quantity; the full number or quantity; fulness; that which is is added, not as necessary, but as ornamental; something adventitious to the main thing. The complement of an arc or angle, the difference between the arc or angle and 90
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A filling up or completing; that which is wanted to complete or fill up some quantity or thing; something added by way of ornament.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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One of the two active principles concerned in hemolysis, bacteriolysis, and other forms of cytolysis. It is present in fresh serum, but disappears after standing for several days or on heating at 56C. for thirty minutes. It is attached to the cell by means of the amboceptor and acts as a ferment.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. [Latin] Fullness; the full number; a complete set; —that which or supplies a deficiency; quantity or number required to complete.
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Perfection, fullness, completion ; complete set, complete provision, the full quantity.
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The act of completing.
By Thomas Sheridan
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