
Meaning of COMPLEMENTAL
| Pronunciation: | | `kâmplu'mentl
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WordNet Dictionary |
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[adj] acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole) |
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COMPLEMENTAL is a 12 letter word that starts with C. |
| | Synonyms: | | complementary, completing, inessential, unessential |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Com`ple*men"tal\, a.
1. Supplying, or tending to supply, a deficiency; fully
completing. ``Complemental ceremony.'' --Prynne.
2. Complimentary; courteous. [Obs.] --Shak.
{Complemental air} (Physiol.), the air (averaging 100 cubic
inches) which can be drawn into the lungs in addition to
the tidal air, by the deepest possible inspiration.
{Complemental males} (Zo["o]l.), peculiar small males living
parasitically on the ordinary hermaphrodite individuals of
certain barnacles.
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