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The versed sine of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of Functions.
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A system of jurisprudence, supplemental to law, properly so called, and complemental of it.
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The space included between the boundary lines of two similar parallelograms, the one within the other, with an angle in common; as, the gnomon bcdefg of the parallelograms ac and af. The parallelogram bf is the complement of the parallelogram df.
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The sine of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of Functions.
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A number of things of the same kind, ordinarily used or classed together; a collection of articles which naturally complement each other, and usually go together; an assortment; a suit; as, a set of chairs, of china, of surgical or mathematical instruments, of books, etc.
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A band composed, for the largest part, of players of the various viol instruments, many of each kind, together with a proper complement of wind instruments of wood and brass; -- as distinguished from a military or street band of players on wind instruments, and from an assemblage of solo players for the rendering of concerted pieces, such as septets, octets, and the like.
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A thing may be applied to another thing so as to fit perfectly, as a seal to its impression; hence, a thing which is adapted to another thing, or which supplements it; that which serves to complete or complement anything; hence, a person or thing having qualities lacking in another; an opposite.
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To assume; to adopt; to acquire, as shape; to permit to one's self; to indulge or engage in; to yield to; to have or feel; to enjoy or experience, as rest, revenge, delight, shame; to form and adopt, as a resolution; -- used in general senses, limited by a following complement, in many idiomatic phrases; as, to take a resolution; I take the liberty to say.
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The interval wanting to complete the octave; -- the fourth is the complement of the fifth, the sixth of the third.
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The secant of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of Functions.
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To unite in couples; to form a pair of; to bring together, as things which belong together, or which complement, or are adapted to one another.
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To match; to mate in contest; to furnish a complement to; as, to cap text; to cap proverbs.
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The instruments employed by a full band, collectively; as, an orchestra of forty stringed instruments, with proper complement of wind instruments.
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The tangent of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of Functions.
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A luminous appearance, or an image seen after the eye has been exposed to an intense light or a strongly illuminated object. When the object is colored, the image appears of the complementary color, as a green image seen after viewing a red wafer lying on white paper. Called also ocular spectrum.
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Serving to fill out or to complete; as, complementary numbers.
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Not having a full complement of men; as, a vessel light-handed.
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Not having the full complement of tones; -- said of a chord of only two tones, which requires a third tone to be sounded with them to make the combination pleasing to the ear; as, a naked fourth or fifth.
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The complement of attributes which make up the notion signified by a general term.
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To supply with men; to furnish with a sufficient force or complement of men, as for management, service, defense, or the like; to guard; as, to man a ship, boat, or fort.
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