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

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..

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

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

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..

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

Clutch :: Clutch (n.) The nest complement of eggs of a bird.

Complement :: Complement (v. t.) That which fills up or completes; the quantity or number required to fill a thing or make it complete.

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

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..

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..

Complementary :: Complementary (a.) Serving to fill out or to complete; as, complementary numbers..

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

Cap :: Cap (v. t.) To match; to mate in contest; to furnish a complement to; as, to cap text; to cap proverbs..

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..

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

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

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

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

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