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complemental

[ kom-pluh-men-tl ]

adjective

  1. complementary; completing.
  2. Obsolete.


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Other Words From

  • comple·mental·ly adverb
  • uncom·ple·mental adjective
  • uncom·ple·mental·ly adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of complemental1

First recorded in 1595–1605; complement + -al 1

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Example Sentences

The quantity taken in with the deepest possible inspiration (complemental air) is about 100 cubic inches.

Hence I have called these males Complemental Males, to show that they do not pair with a female, but with a bisexual individual.

Perhaps they were really mated, their pettinesses and selfishnesses peculiarly complemental.

Complemental Male of Scalpellum vulgare, attached over the fold in the occludent margin of the scutum of the hermaphrodite.

Complemental Male of Scalpellum villosum, greatly magnified.

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