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adj
- Acting as a complement; making up a whole with something else.
- acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole)
- (genetics) Of the specific pairings of the bases in DNA and RNA.
- (physics) Pertaining to pairs of properties in quantum mechanics that are inversely related to each other, such as speed and position, or energy and time. (See also Heisenberg uncertainty principle.)
- of words or propositions so related that each is the negation of the other
noun
noun
- The state or characteristic of being complementary.
- (philosophy of science) The idea that physical phenomena may have (mutually contradictory) properties that cannot be observed simultaneously (e.g. wave-particle duality).
- (linguistics, philosophy, semantics) A semantic relationship between two words wherein negative use of one entails the affirmative of the other with no gradability; the relation of binary antonyms.
- the interrelation of reciprocity whereby one thing supplements or depends on the other
- a relation between two opposite states or principles that together exhaust the possibilities
noun
- The act or process of augmenting.
- the act of augmenting
- (Scots law) An increase of stipend obtained by a parish minister by an action raised in the Court of Teinds against the titular and heritors.
- An addition or extra, something that is added to something else.
- (music) A compositional technique where the composer lengthens the melody by lengthening its note values.
- (medicine) A surgical procedure to enlarge a body part, as breast augmentation.
- (medicine) The stage of a disease during which symptoms increase or continue.
- (heraldry) A particular mark of honour, granted by the sovereign in consideration of some noble action, or by favour; and either quartered with the family arms, or on an escutcheon or canton.
- the statement of a theme in notes of greater duration (usually twice the length of the original)
- the amount by which something becomes greater
noun
- (linguistics) Initialism of complementizer phrase.
- (virology) Initialism of capsid protein.
- (UK politics) Initialism of command paper.
- (4chan slang, humorous, euphemistic) Initialism of cheese pizza (“child pornography”).
- (law enforcement) Initialism of containment perimeter.
- (mathematics) Initialism of critical point.
- (British) Initialism of county primary or community primary (school).
- Initialism of cerebral palsy.
- (Philippines, text messaging) Initialism of cellphone.
- (computing) Initialism of codepage.
- (Internet, euphemistic) Initialism of child pornography.
- Initialism of corporal punishment.
- (origami) Initialism of crease pattern.
- (physics) Initialism of charge-parity.
- (physics) Initialism of center of pressure.
- (military) Initialism of command post.
- (education) Initialism of college prep; college preparatory.
- Initialism of cyberpunk.
- (Philippines, construction) Initialism of contract package.
- Initialism of civil parish (used on OS 1:25 000 scale Explorer maps).
- Initialism of custodial parent.
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verb
adj
noun
adj
- (grammar, of a word or phrase that can take a complement) Not having any expressed complement.
- (of a piece of wire) Made by combining or bundling thinner wires (into a strand).
- (cricket) Narrowly missing scoring a century or similar milestone because one's team's innings ends.
- (of expenses or costs) That has become unrecoverable or difficult to recover.
- (in combination) Having the specified number or kind of strands.
- (nautical, of a vessel) Run aground on a shore or reef.
- (of a person) Abandoned or marooned.
- cut off or left behind
verb
adj
noun
verb
- (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To cause to be.
- (transitive) To consume or use up (a particular substance or resource, especially food or drink).
- (transitive) To hold, as something at someone's disposal.
- (transitive, birdwatching) To make an observation of (a bird species).
- (transitive) To engage in sexual intercourse with.
- (transitive) To be afflicted with, suffer from.
- (auxiliary verb, taking a to-infinitive) See have to.
- (auxiliary verb, taking a past participle) Used in forming the perfect aspect.
- (transitive) To possess, own.
- (transitive) To include as a part, ingredient, or feature.
- (transitive) Used to state the existence or presence of someone in a specified relationship with the subject.
- (transitive) To give birth to.
- (informal, usually passive) To obtain.
- (transitive) To be scheduled to attend, undertake or participate in.
- (transitive) To get a reading, measurement, or result from an instrument or calculation.
- (informal, often passive, transitive) To trick, to deceive.
- (transitive with bare infinitive) To be affected by an occurrence. (Used in supplying a topic that is a small clause.)
- (transitive, often used in the negative) To believe, buy, be taken in by.
- (transitive) To undertake or perform (an action or activity).
- (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To depict as being.
- (transitive) To capture or actively hold someone's attention or interest.
- (transitive with bare infinitive) To cause to, by a command, request or invitation.
- (transitive) To grasp the meaning of; comprehend.
- Used as an interrogative verb before a pronoun to form a tag question, echoing a previous use of 'have' as an auxiliary verb or, in certain cases, main verb. (For further discussion, see the appendix English tag questions.)
- (dated outside Ireland, transitive) To be able to speak (a language).
- (transitive, in the negative, often in continuous tenses) To allow; to tolerate.
- (British, slang, transitive) To defeat in a fight; take.
- (transitive) To experience, go through, undergo.
- (transitive, of a jury) To consider a court proceeding that has been completed; to begin deliberations on a case.
- (transitive) To accept as a romantic partner.
- (British, slang, transitive) To inflict punishment or retribution on.
- (transitive) To host someone; to take in as a guest.
- (transitive) To feel or be (especially painfully) aware of.
- undergo
- achieve a point or goal
- have as a feature
- serve oneself to, or consume regularly
- cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition
- get something; come into possession of
- be confronted with
- have a personal or business relationship with someone
- have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
- cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
- undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
- have ownership or possession of
- receive willingly something given or offered
- cause to be born
- go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
- suffer from; be ill with
- organize or be responsible for
- have sex with; archaic use
noun
prep
adj
- Facing in the other direction.
- Located directly across from something else, or from each other.
- Of either of two complementary or mutually exclusive things.
- (botany) Of leaves and flowers, positioned directly across from each other on a stem.
- Extremely different; inconsistent; contrary; repugnant; antagonistic.
- characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed
- the other one of a complementary pair
- moving or facing away from each other
- altogether different in nature or quality or significance
- being directly across from each other; facing
- of leaves etc.; growing in pairs on either side of a stem
adv
noun
- Something opposite or contrary to something else.
- (mathematics) An additive inverse.
- An antonym.
- An opponent.
- A person or thing that is entirely different from or the reverse of someone or something else; used to show contrast between two people or two things.
- a relation of direct opposition
- something inverted in sequence or character or effect
- a contestant that you are matched against
- a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other
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noun
verb
adj
verb
noun
- an act of joining or adjoining things
- The act of joining; the thing joined or added.
- (category theory, strictly) A natural isomorphism between a pair of functors satisfying certain conditions, whose existence implies a close relationship between the functors and between their (co)domains; the natural isomorphism, functors, and their (co)domains thought of as a single object.
- (mathematics, chiefly algebra and number theory) The process of adjoining elements to an algebraic structure (usually a ring or field); the result of such a process.
- (law) The joining of personal property owned by one to that owned by another.
- (formally, given two categories 𝒞 and 𝒟 and (covariant) functors F:𝒞→𝒟 and G:𝒟→𝒞) A natural isomorphism Φ: operatorname Hom_( mathcal )C(G·,·)→ operatorname Hom_( mathcal )D(·,F·) (where the hom-functors are understood as bifunctors from 𝒟^( operatorname )op×𝒞 to mathbf Set). See Adjoint functors on Wikipedia.Wikipedia.
- (category theory, loosely) A relationship between a pair of categories that makes the pair, in a weak sense, equivalent.
noun
- an act of joining or adjoining things
- the state of being joined together
- something that joins or connects
- the place where two or more things come together
- the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
- (programming) In the Raku programming language, a construct representing a composite of several values connected by an operator.
- (radio, television) A point in time between two unrelated consecutive broadcasts.
- The boundary between two physically different materials, especially between conductors, semiconductors, or metals.
- The act of joining, or the state of being joined.
- (rail transport) A place where two or more railways or railroads meet.
- (computing, Microsoft Windows) A kind of symbolic link to a directory.
- (electronics) electrical junction: a point or area where multiple conductors or semiconductors make physical contact.
- (nautical) The place where a distributary departs from the main stream.
- A place where two things meet, especially where two roads meet.
verb
noun
- The act of equalizing, or state of being equalized.
- (underwater diving) Maneuvers to balance the pressure in the middle ear with the outside pressure by letting air enter along the Eustachian tubes.
- (finance) Repayment to an investor in a unit trust or OEIC of an increase in the unit price to cover the seller’s entitlement to income received from the underlying investments but not yet distributed to unit holders, repaid as part of the first distribution of income to that investor.
- the act of making equal or uniform
noun
- the act of adding one thing to another
- the arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of two or more numbers
- something added to what you already have
- a suburban area laid out in streets and lots for a future residential area
- a quantity that is added
- a component that is added to something to improve it
- (organic chemistry) an organic reaction where two or more molecules combine to form a larger one (the adduct).
- (music) A dot at the right side of a note as an indication that its sound is to be lengthened one half.
- (uncountable) The act of adding anything.
- (chiefly law) A title annexed to a person's name to identify him or her more precisely.
- (uncountable, arithmetic) The arithmetic operation of adding.
- (heraldry) Something added to a coat of arms, as a mark of honour.
- Anything that is added.
verb
- (transitive) To mutually exchange (something) (with).
- (transitive, with for) To give (something) in exchange (for).
- (horticulture, transitive or intransitive) To give someone a plant and receive a different one in return.
- (ambitransitive) To engage in trade.
- (transitive, with on) To use or exploit a particular aspect, such as a name, reputation, or image, to gain advantage or benefit.
- (intransitive) To have dealings; to be concerned or associated (with).
- (transitive) To recommend and get recommendations.
- (finance, intransitive, copulative) To be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions.
- (ambitransitive) To do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood.
- engage in the trade of
- exchange or give (something) in exchange for
- be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions
- turn in as payment or part payment for a purchase
- do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood
adj
noun
- (only as plural) A publication intended for participants in an industry or related group of industries.
- (countable) Those engaged in an industry or group of related industries.
- Short for trade paperback
- (countable) An idea or strategy for an investment on a market.
- (mining) Refuse or rubbish from a mine.
- (countable or uncountable) An occupation in the secondary sector, as opposed to an agricultural, professional or military one.
- (chiefly in the plural) Steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator.
- (countable) A particular instance of buying or selling, or a series of related transactions executed as a single investment.
- (uncountable) The buying and selling of goods and services on a market.
- (countable) The skilled practice of a practical occupation.
- (countable) Those who perform a particular kind of skilled work.
- (uncountable, UK) The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers.
- (uncountable, gay slang) A masculine man available for casual sex with men, often for pay. (Compare rough trade.)
- (countable) An instance of bartering items in exchange for one another.
- steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator
- an equal exchange
- the commercial exchange (buying and selling on domestic or international markets) of goods and services
- the skilled practice of a practical occupation
- the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
- people who perform a particular kind of skilled work
- a particular instance of buying or selling
verb
- make complete or perfect; supply what is wanting or form the complement to
- To complete, to bring to perfection, to make whole.
- To change a voltage, number, color, etc. to its complement.
- To provide what the partner lacks and lack what the partner provides, thus forming part of a whole.
- Obsolete spelling or misspelling of compliment.
noun
- number needed to make up a whole force
- either of two parts that mutually complete each other
- a word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction
- a complete number or quantity
- one of a series of enzymes in the blood serum that are part of the immune response
- something added to complete or embellish or make perfect
- (grammar, linguistics) 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.
- (economics) Abbreviation of complementary good.
- (electronics) A voltage level with the opposite logical sense to the given one.
- (biochemistry) Synonym of alexin.
- 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.
- (immunology) One of several blood proteins that work with antibodies during an immune response.
- (astronomy, geometry) An angle which, together with a given angle, makes a right angle.
- (music) An interval which, together with the given interval, makes an octave.
- (palaeography, phonetics) A phonetic complement is a graphic element that modifies another, such as (in Linear B script) a small syllabogram that is attached to a logogram as an abbreviation of its reading (as opposed to an adjunct that abbreviates an adjective that modifies that logogram).
- (genetics) 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.
- The totality, the full amount or number which completes something.
- (computing, mathematics) The diminished radix complement of a number; the nines' complement of a decimal number; the ones' complement of a binary number.
- (nautical) The whole working force of a vessel.
- (computing, mathematics) The numeric complement of a number.
- (set theory) 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).
- (logic) An expression related to some other expression such that it is true under the same conditions that make other false, and vice versa.
- (optics) The color which, when mixed with the given color, gives black (for mixing pigments) or white (for mixing light).
- (computing) A bit with the opposite value to the given one; the logical complement of a number.
- (computing, mathematics) The radix complement of a number; the two's complement of a binary number.
- Obsolete spelling or misspelling of compliment.
adj
noun
noun
- An act or process of immersing.
- The process of cleaning or brightening sheet metal or metalware, especially brass, by dipping it in acids, etc.
- (US) The use of dipping tobacco (moist snuff) in the mouth, usually between the lip and gum or cheek and gum in the lower or upper part of the mouth.
- The act of inclining downward.
- (birdwatching) The act or fact of missing out on seeing a bird.
- The act of lifting or moving a liquid with a dipper, ladle, or the like.
verb
noun
- The state or characteristic of being complementary.
- (philosophy of science) The idea that physical phenomena may have (mutually contradictory) properties that cannot be observed simultaneously (e.g. wave-particle duality).
- (linguistics, philosophy, semantics) A semantic relationship between two words wherein negative use of one entails the affirmative of the other with no gradability; the relation of binary antonyms.
- the interrelation of reciprocity whereby one thing supplements or depends on the other
- a relation between two opposite states or principles that together exhaust the possibilities
noun
- The act or process of augmenting.
- the act of augmenting
- (Scots law) An increase of stipend obtained by a parish minister by an action raised in the Court of Teinds against the titular and heritors.
- An addition or extra, something that is added to something else.
- (music) A compositional technique where the composer lengthens the melody by lengthening its note values.
- (medicine) A surgical procedure to enlarge a body part, as breast augmentation.
- (medicine) The stage of a disease during which symptoms increase or continue.
- (heraldry) A particular mark of honour, granted by the sovereign in consideration of some noble action, or by favour; and either quartered with the family arms, or on an escutcheon or canton.
- the statement of a theme in notes of greater duration (usually twice the length of the original)
- the amount by which something becomes greater
noun
- (linguistics) Initialism of complementizer phrase.
- (virology) Initialism of capsid protein.
- (UK politics) Initialism of command paper.
- (4chan slang, humorous, euphemistic) Initialism of cheese pizza (“child pornography”).
- (law enforcement) Initialism of containment perimeter.
- (mathematics) Initialism of critical point.
- (British) Initialism of county primary or community primary (school).
- Initialism of cerebral palsy.
- (Philippines, text messaging) Initialism of cellphone.
- (computing) Initialism of codepage.
- (Internet, euphemistic) Initialism of child pornography.
- Initialism of corporal punishment.
- (origami) Initialism of crease pattern.
- (physics) Initialism of charge-parity.
- (physics) Initialism of center of pressure.
- (military) Initialism of command post.
- (education) Initialism of college prep; college preparatory.
- Initialism of cyberpunk.
- (Philippines, construction) Initialism of contract package.
- Initialism of civil parish (used on OS 1:25 000 scale Explorer maps).
- Initialism of custodial parent.
adj
name
noun
- an act of joining or adjoining things
- The act of joining; the thing joined or added.
- (category theory, strictly) A natural isomorphism between a pair of functors satisfying certain conditions, whose existence implies a close relationship between the functors and between their (co)domains; the natural isomorphism, functors, and their (co)domains thought of as a single object.
- (mathematics, chiefly algebra and number theory) The process of adjoining elements to an algebraic structure (usually a ring or field); the result of such a process.
- (law) The joining of personal property owned by one to that owned by another.
- (formally, given two categories 𝒞 and 𝒟 and (covariant) functors F:𝒞→𝒟 and G:𝒟→𝒞) A natural isomorphism Φ: operatorname Hom_( mathcal )C(G·,·)→ operatorname Hom_( mathcal )D(·,F·) (where the hom-functors are understood as bifunctors from 𝒟^( operatorname )op×𝒞 to mathbf Set). See Adjoint functors on Wikipedia.Wikipedia.
- (category theory, loosely) A relationship between a pair of categories that makes the pair, in a weak sense, equivalent.
noun
- an act of joining or adjoining things
- the state of being joined together
- something that joins or connects
- the place where two or more things come together
- the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
- (programming) In the Raku programming language, a construct representing a composite of several values connected by an operator.
- (radio, television) A point in time between two unrelated consecutive broadcasts.
- The boundary between two physically different materials, especially between conductors, semiconductors, or metals.
- The act of joining, or the state of being joined.
- (rail transport) A place where two or more railways or railroads meet.
- (computing, Microsoft Windows) A kind of symbolic link to a directory.
- (electronics) electrical junction: a point or area where multiple conductors or semiconductors make physical contact.
- (nautical) The place where a distributary departs from the main stream.
- A place where two things meet, especially where two roads meet.
verb
noun
- The act of equalizing, or state of being equalized.
- (underwater diving) Maneuvers to balance the pressure in the middle ear with the outside pressure by letting air enter along the Eustachian tubes.
- (finance) Repayment to an investor in a unit trust or OEIC of an increase in the unit price to cover the seller’s entitlement to income received from the underlying investments but not yet distributed to unit holders, repaid as part of the first distribution of income to that investor.
- the act of making equal or uniform
noun
- the act of adding one thing to another
- the arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of two or more numbers
- something added to what you already have
- a suburban area laid out in streets and lots for a future residential area
- a quantity that is added
- a component that is added to something to improve it
- (organic chemistry) an organic reaction where two or more molecules combine to form a larger one (the adduct).
- (music) A dot at the right side of a note as an indication that its sound is to be lengthened one half.
- (uncountable) The act of adding anything.
- (chiefly law) A title annexed to a person's name to identify him or her more precisely.
- (uncountable, arithmetic) The arithmetic operation of adding.
- (heraldry) Something added to a coat of arms, as a mark of honour.
- Anything that is added.
noun
- An act or process of immersing.
- The process of cleaning or brightening sheet metal or metalware, especially brass, by dipping it in acids, etc.
- (US) The use of dipping tobacco (moist snuff) in the mouth, usually between the lip and gum or cheek and gum in the lower or upper part of the mouth.
- The act of inclining downward.
- (birdwatching) The act or fact of missing out on seeing a bird.
- The act of lifting or moving a liquid with a dipper, ladle, or the like.
verb
verb
adj
noun
verb
- (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To cause to be.
- (transitive) To consume or use up (a particular substance or resource, especially food or drink).
- (transitive) To hold, as something at someone's disposal.
- (transitive, birdwatching) To make an observation of (a bird species).
- (transitive) To engage in sexual intercourse with.
- (transitive) To be afflicted with, suffer from.
- (auxiliary verb, taking a to-infinitive) See have to.
- (auxiliary verb, taking a past participle) Used in forming the perfect aspect.
- (transitive) To possess, own.
- (transitive) To include as a part, ingredient, or feature.
- (transitive) Used to state the existence or presence of someone in a specified relationship with the subject.
- (transitive) To give birth to.
- (informal, usually passive) To obtain.
- (transitive) To be scheduled to attend, undertake or participate in.
- (transitive) To get a reading, measurement, or result from an instrument or calculation.
- (informal, often passive, transitive) To trick, to deceive.
- (transitive with bare infinitive) To be affected by an occurrence. (Used in supplying a topic that is a small clause.)
- (transitive, often used in the negative) To believe, buy, be taken in by.
- (transitive) To undertake or perform (an action or activity).
- (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To depict as being.
- (transitive) To capture or actively hold someone's attention or interest.
- (transitive with bare infinitive) To cause to, by a command, request or invitation.
- (transitive) To grasp the meaning of; comprehend.
- Used as an interrogative verb before a pronoun to form a tag question, echoing a previous use of 'have' as an auxiliary verb or, in certain cases, main verb. (For further discussion, see the appendix English tag questions.)
- (dated outside Ireland, transitive) To be able to speak (a language).
- (transitive, in the negative, often in continuous tenses) To allow; to tolerate.
- (British, slang, transitive) To defeat in a fight; take.
- (transitive) To experience, go through, undergo.
- (transitive, of a jury) To consider a court proceeding that has been completed; to begin deliberations on a case.
- (transitive) To accept as a romantic partner.
- (British, slang, transitive) To inflict punishment or retribution on.
- (transitive) To host someone; to take in as a guest.
- (transitive) To feel or be (especially painfully) aware of.
- undergo
- achieve a point or goal
- have as a feature
- serve oneself to, or consume regularly
- cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition
- get something; come into possession of
- be confronted with
- have a personal or business relationship with someone
- have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
- cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
- undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
- have ownership or possession of
- receive willingly something given or offered
- cause to be born
- go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
- suffer from; be ill with
- organize or be responsible for
- have sex with; archaic use
noun
verb
- (transitive) To mutually exchange (something) (with).
- (transitive, with for) To give (something) in exchange (for).
- (horticulture, transitive or intransitive) To give someone a plant and receive a different one in return.
- (ambitransitive) To engage in trade.
- (transitive, with on) To use or exploit a particular aspect, such as a name, reputation, or image, to gain advantage or benefit.
- (intransitive) To have dealings; to be concerned or associated (with).
- (transitive) To recommend and get recommendations.
- (finance, intransitive, copulative) To be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions.
- (ambitransitive) To do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood.
- engage in the trade of
- exchange or give (something) in exchange for
- be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions
- turn in as payment or part payment for a purchase
- do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood
adj
noun
- (only as plural) A publication intended for participants in an industry or related group of industries.
- (countable) Those engaged in an industry or group of related industries.
- Short for trade paperback
- (countable) An idea or strategy for an investment on a market.
- (mining) Refuse or rubbish from a mine.
- (countable or uncountable) An occupation in the secondary sector, as opposed to an agricultural, professional or military one.
- (chiefly in the plural) Steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator.
- (countable) A particular instance of buying or selling, or a series of related transactions executed as a single investment.
- (uncountable) The buying and selling of goods and services on a market.
- (countable) The skilled practice of a practical occupation.
- (countable) Those who perform a particular kind of skilled work.
- (uncountable, UK) The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers.
- (uncountable, gay slang) A masculine man available for casual sex with men, often for pay. (Compare rough trade.)
- (countable) An instance of bartering items in exchange for one another.
- steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator
- an equal exchange
- the commercial exchange (buying and selling on domestic or international markets) of goods and services
- the skilled practice of a practical occupation
- the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
- people who perform a particular kind of skilled work
- a particular instance of buying or selling
verb
- make complete or perfect; supply what is wanting or form the complement to
- To complete, to bring to perfection, to make whole.
- To change a voltage, number, color, etc. to its complement.
- To provide what the partner lacks and lack what the partner provides, thus forming part of a whole.
- Obsolete spelling or misspelling of compliment.
noun
- number needed to make up a whole force
- either of two parts that mutually complete each other
- a word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction
- a complete number or quantity
- one of a series of enzymes in the blood serum that are part of the immune response
- something added to complete or embellish or make perfect
- (grammar, linguistics) 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.
- (economics) Abbreviation of complementary good.
- (electronics) A voltage level with the opposite logical sense to the given one.
- (biochemistry) Synonym of alexin.
- 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.
- (immunology) One of several blood proteins that work with antibodies during an immune response.
- (astronomy, geometry) An angle which, together with a given angle, makes a right angle.
- (music) An interval which, together with the given interval, makes an octave.
- (palaeography, phonetics) A phonetic complement is a graphic element that modifies another, such as (in Linear B script) a small syllabogram that is attached to a logogram as an abbreviation of its reading (as opposed to an adjunct that abbreviates an adjective that modifies that logogram).
- (genetics) 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.
- The totality, the full amount or number which completes something.
- (computing, mathematics) The diminished radix complement of a number; the nines' complement of a decimal number; the ones' complement of a binary number.
- (nautical) The whole working force of a vessel.
- (computing, mathematics) The numeric complement of a number.
- (set theory) 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).
- (logic) An expression related to some other expression such that it is true under the same conditions that make other false, and vice versa.
- (optics) The color which, when mixed with the given color, gives black (for mixing pigments) or white (for mixing light).
- (computing) A bit with the opposite value to the given one; the logical complement of a number.
- (computing, mathematics) The radix complement of a number; the two's complement of a binary number.
- Obsolete spelling or misspelling of compliment.
adj
- Acting as a complement; making up a whole with something else.
- acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole)
- (genetics) Of the specific pairings of the bases in DNA and RNA.
- (physics) Pertaining to pairs of properties in quantum mechanics that are inversely related to each other, such as speed and position, or energy and time. (See also Heisenberg uncertainty principle.)
- of words or propositions so related that each is the negation of the other
noun
adj
- (grammar, of a word or phrase that can take a complement) Not having any expressed complement.
- (of a piece of wire) Made by combining or bundling thinner wires (into a strand).
- (cricket) Narrowly missing scoring a century or similar milestone because one's team's innings ends.
- (of expenses or costs) That has become unrecoverable or difficult to recover.
- (in combination) Having the specified number or kind of strands.
- (nautical, of a vessel) Run aground on a shore or reef.
- (of a person) Abandoned or marooned.
- cut off or left behind