explementn.

Brit.

/ˈɛksplᵻm(ə)nt/, U.S.

/ˈɛkspləmənt/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin explēmentum.

Etymology: < classical Latin explēmentum that which fills up, in post-classical Latin also fulfilment (6th cent.) < explēre to fill up explete v.¹ + -mentum -ment suffix.

†1. Something that fills up a space. Also: fulfilment. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > carrying out > [noun] > fulfilment of a wish, prophecy, etc.

explement1593

impletion1615

completion1659

1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares 38 a Thou wert blinded, & wantedst the sence, in Vespasian to picke out his [a prophecy's] explement [1613 expletement].

1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Explement, a filling up of any place or room.

1903 Proc. Washington Acad. Sci. 5 125 The poetic argument, or explement, although designed to round out the whole and perhaps to form a final volume, was in reality the first written and the most complete portion of the work.

2. Mathematics and Surveying. An arc which forms a complete circle when combined with a given other arc; (also) the difference between a given angle and 360 degrees. Cf. complement n. 5b, supplement n.¹ 4b. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > geometry > curve > [noun] > part of circle

arc1570

sextans1596

circumference1656

quadrant1660

quintant1684

sextant1730

octant1753

supplemental arc1754

multiple arc1802

explement1817

1817 J. Leslie Elements Geom. & Plane Trigonom. (ed. 3) 226 The complement of an arc is its defect from a quadrant; its supplement is its defect from a semicircumference; and its explement is its defect from the whole circumference.

1827 W. Galbraith Math. & Astron. Tables i. 10 The explement or difference from four right angles.

1881 G. B. Halsted Elem. Treat. Mensuration 157 Find the complement, supplement, and explement of 30°.

1925 Amer. Pract. Navigator (U.S. Hydrographic Office) iv. 69 The protractor will swing through the whole of the explement of the arc.

1940 Surveying (U.S. War Dept. Techn. Man.) 211 A set of observations consists of six repetitions of the angle with the telescope in the direct (or reversed) position, followed immediately by six repetitions of the explement of the angle.

1963 Air Navigation (U.S. Hydrographic Office) xxii. 535 In east longitude, the almanac is entered with the explement of the longitude.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	explement
释义	explementn. Brit. /ˈɛksplᵻm(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˈɛkspləmənt/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin explēmentum. Etymology: < classical Latin explēmentum that which fills up, in post-classical Latin also fulfilment (6th cent.) < explēre to fill up explete v.¹ + -mentum -ment suffix. †1. Something that fills up a space. Also: fulfilment. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > carrying out > [noun] > fulfilment of a wish, prophecy, etc. explement1593 impletion1615 completion1659 1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares 38 a Thou wert blinded, & wantedst the sence, in Vespasian to picke out his [a prophecy's] explement [1613 expletement]. 1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Explement, a filling up of any place or room. 1903 Proc. Washington Acad. Sci. 5 125 The poetic argument, or explement, although designed to round out the whole and perhaps to form a final volume, was in reality the first written and the most complete portion of the work. 2. Mathematics and Surveying. An arc which forms a complete circle when combined with a given other arc; (also) the difference between a given angle and 360 degrees. Cf. complement n. 5b, supplement n.¹ 4b. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > geometry > curve > [noun] > part of circle arc1570 sextans1596 circumference1656 quadrant1660 quintant1684 sextant1730 octant1753 supplemental arc1754 multiple arc1802 explement1817 1817 J. Leslie Elements Geom. & Plane Trigonom. (ed. 3) 226 The complement of an arc is its defect from a quadrant; its supplement is its defect from a semicircumference; and its explement is its defect from the whole circumference. 1827 W. Galbraith Math. & Astron. Tables i. 10 The explement or difference from four right angles. 1881 G. B. Halsted Elem. Treat. Mensuration 157 Find the complement, supplement, and explement of 30°. 1925 Amer. Pract. Navigator (U.S. Hydrographic Office) iv. 69 The protractor will swing through the whole of the explement of the arc. 1940 Surveying (U.S. War Dept. Techn. Man.) 211 A set of observations consists of six repetitions of the angle with the telescope in the direct (or reversed) position, followed immediately by six repetitions of the explement of the angle. 1963 Air Navigation (U.S. Hydrographic Office) xxii. 535 In east longitude, the almanac is entered with the explement of the longitude. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1593
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