Definition of complement

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Complement (v. t.) Something added for ornamentation; an accessory.

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Complement :: Complement (v. t.) A compliment.
Cap :: Cap (v. t.) To match; to mate in contest; to furnish a complement to; as, to cap text; to cap proverbs..
Cosine :: Cosine (n.) The sine of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of Functions.
Complement :: Complement (v. t.) Something added for ornamentation; an accessory.
Complement :: Complement (v. t.) A second quantity added to a given quantity to make it equal to a third given quantity.
Colatitude :: Colatitude (n.) The complement of the latitude, or the difference between any latitude and ninety degrees..
Complemental :: Complemental (a.) Supplying, or tending to supply, a deficiency; fully completing..
Complement :: Complement (v. t.) The whole working force of a vessel.
Clutch :: Clutch (n.) The nest complement of eggs of a bird.
Spectrum :: Spectrum (n.) A luminous appearance, or an image seen after the eye has been exposed to an intense light or a strongly illuminated object. When the object is colored, the image appears of the complementary color, as a green image seen after viewing a red wafer lying on white paper. Called also ocular spectrum..
Take :: Take (v. t.) To assume; to adopt; to acquire, as shape; to permit to one's self; to indulge or engage in; to yield to; to have or feel; to enjoy or experience, as rest, revenge, delight, shame; to form and adopt, as a resolution; -- used in general senses, limited by a following complement, in many idiomatic phrases; as, to take a resolution; I take the liberty to say..
Set :: Set (n.) A number of things of the same kind, ordinarily used or classed together; a collection of articles which naturally complement each other, and usually go together; an assortment; a suit; as, a set of chairs, of china, of surgical or mathematical instruments, of books, etc..
Complement :: Complement (v. t.) That which is required to supply a deficiency, or to complete a symmetrical whole..
Cotangent :: Cotangent (n.) The tangent of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of Functions.
Complementary :: Complementary (n.) One skilled in compliments.
Complemental :: Complemental (a.) Complimentary; courteous.
Pair :: Pair (v. t.) To unite in couples; to form a pair of; to bring together, as things which belong together, or which complement, or are adapted to one another..
Complement :: Complement (v. t.) The interval wanting to complete the octave; -- the fourth is the complement of the fifth, the sixth of the third..
Counterpart :: Counterpart (n.) A thing may be applied to another thing so as to fit perfectly, as a seal to its impression; hence, a thing which is adapted to another thing, or which supplements it; that which serves to complete or complement anything; hence, a person or thing having qualities lacking in another; an opposite..
Complement :: Complement (v. t.) To supply a lack; to supplement.
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