Meaning ofcomplementin English

Noun

1. a whole or complete amount; entirety
2. an angle that forms a right angle (with another)
3. something that completes or enhances another; a perfect match
   The new employee is a perfect complement to our team.
4. a word or phrase completing a grammatical construction
   The phrase "in the garden" is a complement to the verb "playing" in the sentence.
5. an interval completing an octave; in music
   The musical composition included a complement of notes to create harmony.
6. a color mixed to produce black/white
   The artist mixed a complement of colors to achieve a shade of gray.
7. a set containing unique elements; in set theory
   The mathematician studied a complement of sets to understand their relationships.
8. a blood protein aiding immune response
   The doctor checked the patient's complement levels to assess their immune function.
9. a voltage with opposite logical sense
   The electronic circuit used a complement voltage to control the device.
10. a bit with opposite value; logical complement
    The programmer used a complement bit to represent the inverse of the binary value.
11. diminished radix complement of a number
    The programmer used the diminished radix complement to simplify the calculation.
12. radix complement of a number; two's complement
    The programmer used the two's complement to represent negative numbers in the code.
13. a numeric opposite in computing; mathematics
    The programmer used a complement to represent the negative value in binary code.
14. a matching DNA sequence with replaced bases
    The scientist discovered a complement of DNA with matching but replaced nucleotide bases.