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Noun:
- geometry An angle which, together with a given angle, makes a right angle. from 18th c.
- computing A bit with the opposite value to the given one; the logical complement of a number.
- mathematics The diminished radix complement of a number; the nines' complement of a decimal number; the ones' complement of a binary number.
- mathematics The numeric complement of a number.
- mathematics The radix complement of a number; the two's complement of a binary number.
- now|_|rare Something (or someone) that completes; the consummation. from 14th c.
- electronics A voltage level with the opposite logical sense to the given one.
- genetics 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.
- from 19th c.
- Fullness]] (of the moon). {{defdate|from 17th c.
- antibodies]] during an immune response. {{defdate|from 20th c.
- from 20th c.
- from 19th c.
- compliment
- 15th-18th c.
- from 19th c.
- from 20th c.
- 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. from 19th c.
- The totality, the full amount or number which completes something. from 16th c.
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Verb:
- To change a voltage, number, color, etc. to its complement.
- To complete.
- To provide what the partner lacks and lack what the partner provides.
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