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− | [ | + | [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [[Latin]] complementum, from complēre to fill up, complete, from com- + plēre to fill — more at full |
− | *Date: [ | + | *Date: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th century] |
− | ==Definitions | + | ==Definitions== |
*1 a : something that fills up, completes, or makes perfect | *1 a : something that fills up, completes, or makes perfect | ||
:b : the [[quantity]], [[number]], or assortment required to make a [[thing]] complete <the usual complement of eyes and ears — Francis Parkman>; especially : the whole [[force]] or personnel of a ship | :b : the [[quantity]], [[number]], or assortment required to make a [[thing]] complete <the usual complement of eyes and ears — Francis Parkman>; especially : the whole [[force]] or personnel of a ship |
Latest revision as of 23:47, 12 December 2020
Etymology
Middle English, from Latin complementum, from complēre to fill up, complete, from com- + plēre to fill — more at full
- Date: 14th century
Definitions
- 1 a : something that fills up, completes, or makes perfect
- b : the quantity, number, or assortment required to make a thing complete <the usual complement of eyes and ears — Francis Parkman>; especially : the whole force or personnel of a ship
- c : one of two mutually completing parts : counterpart
- b : the set of all elements that do not belong to a given set and are contained in a particular mathematical set containing the given set
- c : a number that when added to another number of the same sign yields zero if the significant digit farthest to the left is discarded —used especially in assembly language programming
- 4 : an added word or expression by which a predication is made complete (as president in “they elected him president” and beautiful in “he thought her beautiful”)
- 5 : the thermolabile group of proteins in normal blood serum and plasma that in combination with antibodies causes the destruction especially of particulate antigens (as bacteria and foreign blood corpuscles)