Definitions of complement
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To complete; to supply a lack in.
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To add or form a complement to; supplement.
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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
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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.
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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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That which completes or fills up: full number or quantity.
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That which completes; the full number.
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Full number; completeness; that which completes; an accessory.
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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
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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.
