complement

B1
Pronunciation
/ˈkɒmpləmənt/
/ˈkɑmpləmənt/
Noun
23 definition(s)
1 Definition

A protective substance that exists in the serum or other bodily fluid and is capable of killing microorganisms; complement.

2 Definition

Something (or someone) that completes; the consummation.

3 Definition

The act of completing something, or the fact of being complete; completion, completeness, fulfilment.

4 Definition

The totality, the full amount or number which completes something.

5 Definition

Something which completes one's equipment, dress etc.; an accessory.

6 Definition

The whole working force of a vessel.

7 Definition

Fullness (of the moon).

8 Definition

An angle which, together with a given angle, makes a right angle.

9 Definition

Something which completes, something which combines with something else to make up a complete whole; loosely, something perceived to be a harmonious or desirable partner or addition.

10 Definition

(grammar) A word or group of words that completes a grammatical construction in the predicate and that describes or is identified with the subject or object.

11 Definition

An interval which, together with the given interval, makes an octave.

12 Definition

The color which, when mixed with the given color, gives black (for mixing pigments) or white (for mixing light).

Example Sentences
  • The complement of blue is orange.
13 Definition

Given two sets, the set containing one set's elements that are not members of the other set (whether a relative complement or an absolute complement).

Example Sentences
  • The complement of the odd numbers is the even numbers, relative to the natural numbers.
14 Definition

One of several blood proteins that work with antibodies during an immune response.

15 Definition

An expression related to some other expression such that it is true under the same conditions that make other false, and vice versa.

16 Definition

A voltage level with the opposite logical sense to the given one.

17 Definition

A bit with the opposite value to the given one; the logical complement of a number.

18 Definition

The diminished radix complement of a number; the nines' complement of a decimal number; the ones' complement of a binary number.

Example Sentences
  • The complement of 01100101_2 is 10011010_2.
19 Definition

The radix complement of a number; the two's complement of a binary number.

Example Sentences
  • The complement of 01100101_2 is 10011011_2.
20 Definition

The numeric complement of a number.

Example Sentences
  • The complement of −123 is 123.
21 Definition

A nucleotide sequence in which each base is replaced by the complementary base of the given sequence: adenine (A) by thymine (T) or uracil (U), cytosine (C) by guanine (G), and vice versa.

Example Sentences
  • A DNA molecule is formed from two strands, each of which is the complement of the other.
22 Definition

Old spelling of compliment

23 Definition

A good whose appeal increases with the popularity of its complement

Verb
4 definition(s)
1 Definition

To complete, to bring to perfection, to make whole.

Example Sentences
  • We believe your addition will complement the team.
2 Definition

To provide what the partner lacks and lack what the partner provides, thus forming part of a whole.

Example Sentences
  • I believe our talents really complement each other.
3 Definition

To change a voltage, number, color, etc. to its complement.

4 Definition

Old form of compliment