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[syn: complemental, complementary, completing]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Complemental \Com`ple*men"tal\, a.
1. Supplying, or tending to supply, a deficiency; fully
completing. "Complemental ceremony." --Prynne.
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2. Complimentary; courteous. [Obs.] --Shak.
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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.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
complemental
adj 1: acting as or providing a complement (something that
completes the whole) [syn: complemental,
complementary, completing]