complement /komˈpli-mənt/

1. That which completes or fills up
2. A number or quantity required to make something complete
3. That amount by which an angle or arc falls short of a right angle or quadrant
4. One of the parallelograms not intersected by the diagonal of a given parallelogram when it is divided into four parallelograms by straight lines through a point in the diagonal
5. That by which a logarithm falls short of 10
6. All members of a set not included in a given subset (mathematics)
7. That which is added to certain verbs to make a complete predicate
8. That by which an interval falls short of an octave (music)
9. Either of a pair of colours which together give white
10. A group of proteins in blood plasma that combine with antibodies to destroy antigens (formerly called alexin; immunology)
11. Fullness (of the moon) (heraldry)

To be the complement of

complementˈal adjective

Completing

complementˈarily adverb

complementˈariness noun

complementarˈity noun

A concept, first adopted in microphysics, which accepts the existence of superficially inconsistent views of an object or phenomenon, eg which accepts a dual aspect of light (consisting of particles, as shown by certain experiments, and of waves, as shown by others)

complementˈary adjective

1. Completing
2. Together making up a whole, right angle, ten, an octave or white
3. (of medical treatment, therapies, etc) non-conventional

complementāˈtion noun

1. The full or partial restoration of normal function when two chromosomes each with a different recessive mutant gene combine in one cell (genetics)
2. A method of representing negative numbers in the binary system (computing)

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