complement

-1 n. நிரப்புக் கூறு, முழுமையாக்குவது, குறைநிரப்புப் பொருள், இணைநிறைவுப்பொருள், இணைவள நிறைவு, (வடி.) செங்கோண நிரப்புக்கூறு, நிரப்புக்கோணம், செங்கோண அளவாகிய ஹீ0 பாகையில் கோணம் குறைபடும் அளவு, (இலக்.) வினையுடனிணைந்து பயனிலைப்பொருள் நிரப்பும் சொல், (இசை.) சு-2 v. நிரப்புக்கூறாயமை, குறைநிரப்பு.

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Com"ple*ment, n. Etym: [L. complementun: cf. F. complément. See Complete, v. t., and cf. Compliment.] 1. That which fills up or completes; the quantity or number required to fill a thing or make it complete. 2. That which is required to supply a deficiency, or to complete a symmetrical whole. History is the complement of poetry. Sir J. Stephen. 3. Full quantity, number, or amount; a complete set; completeness. To exceed his complement and number appointed him which was one hundred and twenty persons. Hakluyt. 4. (Math.) Defn: A second quantity added to a given quantity to make equal to a third given quantity. 5. Something added for ornamentation; an accessory. [Obs.] Without vain art or curious complements. Spenser. 6. (Naut.) Defn: The whole working force of a vessel. 7. (Mus.) Defn: The interval wanting to complete the octave; -- the fourth is the complement of the fifth, the sixth of the third. 8. A compliment. [Obs.] Shak. Arithmetical compliment of a logarithm. See under Logarithm. -- Arithmetical complement of a number (Math.), the difference between that number and the next higher power of 10; as, 4 is the complement of 6, and 16 of 84. -- Complement of an arc or angle (Geom.), the difference between that arc or angle and 90º. -- Complement of a parallelogram. (Math.) See Gnomon. -- In her complement (Her.), said of the moon when represented as full. Com"ple*ment, v. t. 1. To supply a lack; to supplement. [R.] 2. To compliment. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor. Com"ple*ment, n. Etym: [L. complementun: cf. F. complément. See Complete, v. t., and cf. Compliment.] 1. That which fills up or completes; the quantity or number required to fill a thing or make it complete. 2. That which is required to supply a deficiency, or to complete a symmetrical whole. History is the complement of poetry. Sir J. Stephen. 3. Full quantity, number, or amount; a complete set; completeness. To exceed his complement and number appointed him which was one hundred and twenty persons. Hakluyt. 4. (Math.) Defn: A second quantity added to a given quantity to make equal to a third given quantity. 5. Something added for ornamentation; an accessory. [Obs.] Without vain art or curious complements. Spenser. 6. (Naut.) Defn: The whole working force of a vessel. 7. (Mus.) Defn: The interval wanting to complete the octave; -- the fourth is the complement of the fifth, the sixth of the third. 8. A compliment. [Obs.] Shak. Arithmetical compliment of a logarithm. See under Logarithm. -- Arithmetical complement of a number (Math.), the difference between that number and the next higher power of 10; as, 4 is the complement of 6, and 16 of 84. -- Complement of an arc or angle (Geom.), the difference between that arc or angle and 90º. -- Complement of a parallelogram. (Math.) See Gnomon. -- In her complement (Her.), said of the moon when represented as full. Com"ple*ment, v. t. 1. To supply a lack; to supplement. [R.] 2. To compliment. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.