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

Light-handed :: Light-handed (a.) Not having a full complement of men; as, a vessel light-handed..

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

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.) The interval wanting to complete the octave; -- the fourth is the complement of the fifth, the sixth of the third..

Complement :: Complement (v. t.) That which is required to supply a deficiency, or to complete a symmetrical whole..

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

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

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..

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

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..

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

Man :: Man (v. t.) To supply with men; to furnish with a sufficient force or complement of men, as for management, service, defense, or the like; to guard; as, to man a ship, boat, or fort..

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..

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

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..

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.) The whole working force of a vessel.

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

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

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