| 释义 |
complement /komˈpli-mənt/ noun- That which completes or fills up
- A number or quantity required to make something complete
- That amount by which an angle or arc falls short of a right angle or quadrant
- 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
- That by which a logarithm falls short of 10
- All members of a set not included in a given subset (mathematics)
- That which is added to certain verbs to make a complete predicate
- That by which an interval falls short of an octave (music)
- Either of a pair of colours which together give white
- A group of proteins in blood plasma that combine with antibodies to destroy antigens (formerly called alexin; immunology)
- Fullness (of the moon) (heraldry)
transitive verb /-mentˈ or komˈpli-mənt/ To be the complement of ORIGIN: L complēmentum, from com-, intens, and plēre to fill 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 - Completing
- Together making up a whole, right angle, ten, an octave or white
- (of medical treatment, therapies, etc) non-conventional
complementāˈtion noun - The full or partial restoration of normal function when two chromosomes each with a different recessive mutant gene combine in one cell (genetics)
- A method of representing negative numbers in the binary system (computing)
complementary DNA noun Synthetic DNA used in genetic engineering to produce gene clones complementary medicine noun Treatments and therapies, often based on a holistic view of the patient, used in conjunction with, and typically not as alternatives to, conventional medicine complement fixation test noun A serological test that detects the presence of an antibody or antigen, used in the diagnosis of infection |