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.
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 an arc 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.