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 anarc or angle(Geom.), the difference between that arc or angle and 90°. — Complement of a parallelogram. (Math.) See Gnomon. — In her complement(Her.), said of the moon when represented as full.

Complement
(Com"ple*ment) v. t.

1. To supply a lack; to supplement. [R.]

2. To compliment. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

Complemental
(Com`ple*men"tal) a.

1. Supplying, or tending to supply, a deficiency; fully completing. "Complemental ceremony." Prynne.

2. Complimentary; courteous. [Obs.] Shak.

Complemental air(Physiol.), the air (averaging 100 cubic inches) which can be drawn into the lungs in addition to the tidal air, by the deepest possible inspiration. — Complemental males(Zoöl.), peculiar small males living parasitically on the ordinary hermaphrodite individuals of certain barnacles.

Complementary
(Com`ple*men"ta*ry) a. Serving to fill out or to complete; as, complementary numbers.

Complementary colors. See under Color. — Complementary angles(Math.), two angles whose sum is 90°.

Complementary
(Com`ple*men"ta*ry), n. [See Complimentary.] One skilled in compliments. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Complete
(Com*plete") a. [L. completus, p. p. of complere to fill up; com- + plere to fill. See Full, a., and cf. Comply, Compline.]

1. Filled up; with no part or element lacking; free from deficiency; entire; perfect; consummate. "Complete perfections." Milton.

Ye are complete in him.
Col. ii. 10.

That thou, dead corse, again in complete steel
Revisit'st thus the glimpses of the moon.
Shak.

2. Finished; ended; concluded; completed; as, the edifice is complete.

This course of vanity almost complete.
Prior.

3. (Bot.) Having all the parts or organs which belong to it or to the typical form; having calyx, corolla, stamens, and pistil.

5. Something added for ornamentation; an accessory. [Obs.]

Without vain art or curious complements.
Spenser.

6. (Naut.) The whole working force of a vessel.

7. (Mus.) 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.

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