A word or group of words that completes a grammatical construction in the predicate and that describes or is identified with the subject or object.
Fullness (of the moon).
A nucleotide sequence in which each base is replaced by the complementary base of the given sequence: adenine (A) by thymine (T) or uracil (U), cytosine (C) by guanine (G), and vice versa.
An angle which, together with a given angle, makes a right angle.
Something which completes, something which combines with something else to make up a complete whole; loosely, something perceived to be a harmonious or desirable partner or addition.
A voltage level with the opposite logical sense to the given one.
A bit with the opposite value to the given one; the logical complement of a number.
One of several blood proteins that work with antibodies during an immune response.
Obsolete spelling or misspelling of compliment.
Given two sets, the set containing one set's elements that are not members of the other set (whether a relative complement or an absolute complement).
The radix complement of a number; the two's complement of a binary number.
The whole working force of a vessel.
An interval which, together with the given interval, makes an octave.
The diminished radix complement of a number; the nines' complement of a decimal number; the ones' complement of a binary number.
The numeric complement of a number.
Synonym of alexin
An expression related to some other expression such that it is true under the same conditions that make other false, and vice versa.
The color which, when mixed with the given color, gives black (for mixing pigments) or white (for mixing light).
The totality, the full amount or number which completes something.
To complete, to bring to perfection, to make whole.
To provide what the partner lacks and lack what the partner provides, thus forming part of a whole.
To change a voltage, number, color, etc. to its complement.
A feature of the verb which denotes viewing the event the verb describes as a completed whole, rather than from within the event as it unfolds. For example, "she sat down" as opposed to "she was sitting down". Since the focus is on the completion of what is expressed by the verb, this aspect is generally associated with the past and future tenses. This term is often used interchangeably with aorist aspect. This is not to be confused with the perfect tense.