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Complement :: Complement (v. t.) To supply a lack; to supplement.

Naked :: Naked (a.) Not having the full complement of tones; -- said of a chord of only two tones, which requires a third tone to be sounded with them to make the combination pleasing to the ear; as, a naked fourth or fifth..

Complement :: Complement (v. t.) A second quantity added to a given quantity to make it equal to a third given quantity.

Complementary :: Complementary (n.) One skilled in compliments.

Complement :: Complement (v. t.) To compliment.

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.) That which is required to supply a deficiency, or to complete a symmetrical whole..

Coversed Sine :: Coversed sine () The versed sine of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of Functions.

Comprehension :: Comprehension (n.) The complement of attributes which make up the notion signified by a general term.

Antilogarithm :: Antilogarithm (n.) The number corresponding to a logarithm. The word has been sometimes, though rarely, used to denote the complement of a given logarithm; also the logarithmic cosine corresponding to a given logarithmic sine..

Gnomon :: Gnomon (n.) The space included between the boundary lines of two similar parallelograms, the one within the other, with an angle in common; as, the gnomon bcdefg of the parallelograms ac and af. The parallelogram bf is the complement of the parallelogram df..

Orchestra :: Orchestra (n.) A band composed, for the largest part, of players of the various viol instruments, many of each kind, together with a proper complement of wind instruments of wood and brass; -- as distinguished from a military or street band of players on wind instruments, and from an assemblage of solo players for the rendering of concerted pieces, such as septets, octets, and the like..

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..

Complement :: Complement (v. t.) The interval wanting to complete the octave; -- the fourth is the complement of the fifth, the sixth of the third..

Complement :: Complement (v. t.) The whole working force of a vessel.

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..

Orchestra :: Orchestra (n.) The instruments employed by a full band, collectively; as, an orchestra of forty stringed instruments, with proper complement of wind instruments..

Complement :: Complement (v. t.) Full quantity, number, or amount; a complete set; completeness..

Cotangent :: Cotangent (n.) The tangent of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of Functions.

Equity :: Equity (n.) A system of jurisprudence, supplemental to law, properly so called, and complemental of it..

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