'Complemental' definitions:
Definition of 'complemental'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole) [syn: complemental, complementary, completing]
Definition of 'Complemental'
From: GCIDE
- Complemental \Com`ple*men"tal\, a.
- 1. Supplying, or tending to supply, a deficiency; fully completing. "Complemental ceremony." --Prynne. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Complimentary; courteous. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 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 (Zool.), peculiar small males living parasitically on the ordinary hermaphrodite individuals of certain barnacles. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Complemental'
- Complement,
- In her complement,
- complementation,
- Complement of a parallelogram,
- Complement of an angle,
- Complement of an arc,
- Complemental air,
- Complemental males,
- complement fixation,
- full complement,
- Arithmetical complement of a logarithm,
- Arithmetical complement of a number,
- complement fixation test