COMPLEMENT - COLORING PAGE

 

COMPLEMENT - COLORING PAGE

Complement - noun, 

Complement - (pronounced  kõmplement  )  

1. That which completes or is complete as 

a) The quantity or number required to fill or complete a thing; full allowance; as, the regiment has its complement of men 

b) That which is required to supply a deficiency; either of two parts necessary to a perfect whole; as, justice and love are complements 

2 The amount of angle or arc by which a given angle or arc falls short of 90 

Syn COMPLEMENT SUPPLEMENT 

 complement is that which makes or supplies a deficiency, or supplies a deficiency; it often implies two things which mutually complete each other and together constitute a whole; 

Supplement implies an addition to what has already relative completeness; it does not imply a mutual dependence of the parts 

3. verb- To supply a lack  

Illustration:

Complement 

2 Angle ACB 90 Angle ACD and arc AD are the complements respectively of angle DCB and arc DB and vice versa 

References:

Webster Noa WEBSTER'S ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DICTIONARY ABRIDGED FROM WEBSTER'S NEW INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY NEW YORK CINCINNATI CHICAGO AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY SPRINGFIELD MASS G & C MERRIAM CO 1914