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Phrases 21
- relative complementThe set containing exactly those elements belonging to B but not to A.
- ones' complementThe number obtained by subtracting a given n-digit binary number from 2ⁿ-1 (which yields the same result as the logical complement).
- absolute complementThe set that contains exactly those elements belonging to the universal set but not to a given set.
- subject complementA complement which is coupled to a subject.
- radix complementThe number which, added to the given n-digit number in radix r, results in rⁿ. In binary (r=2), this is the two's complement.
- object complementA complement which is coupled to an object.
- two's complementThe number obtained by complementing every bit of a given number and adding one. A number and its complement add to 2ⁿ, where n is the word size of the machine.
- logical complementThe number, obtained by complementing every bit of a given number, which produces all ones when exclusive ored with the given number.
- diminished radix complementThe number which, added to the given n-digit number in radix r, results in rⁿ-1. In binary (r=2), this is the ones' complement; in decimal (r=10), this is the nines' complement.
- complement proteinAny of a group of plasma proteins that bring about the destruction of pathogens through opsonization or assault on the cell membrane.
- complement proteinsplural of complement protein: Any of a group of plasma proteins that bring about the destruction of pathogens through opsonization or assault on the cell membrane.
- complement systemAn aspect of the innate immune system that supplements the actions of the antibodies and phagocytic cells in clearing out pathogens from an organism
- pseudo-complementThe relative pseudo-complement of a given element (of a Heyting algebra) with respect to the least element — the "zero" of that algebra.
- numeric complementThe number obtained by changing the numeric sign of a number. This may or may not be the twos complement, depending on the way numbers are stored.
- orthogonal complementThe set of all vectors which are orthogonal to a given set of vectors.
- relative pseudo-complementThe residual operation of a Heyting algebra when considered as a residuated lattice whose monoid operation is the meet operation. Equivalently, the relative pseudo-complement of a with respect to b is the supremum of the set of all z such …
- complement membrane attack complexA formation of transmembrane channels on the surface of a pathogenic bacterial cell that disrupts the phospholipid bilayer of the target cell resulting in its destruction.
- complement systemsplural of complement system: An aspect of the innate immune system that supplements the actions of the antibodies and phagocytic cells in clearing out pathogens from an organism
- symmetric complementSynonym of symmetric difference: The set that contains all elements belonging to either of given two sets but not to the both; the relative complement of the intersection in the union of given two sets.
- complement membrane attack complexesplural of complement membrane attack complex: A formation of transmembrane channels on the surface of a pathogenic bacterial cell that disrupts the phospholipid bilayer of the target cell resulting in its destruction.
- clausal complementA complement which is a dependent clause.
Compound words 27
- complementaryActing as a complement; making up a whole with something else.
- complementalOf the nature of a complement; completing.
- complementologistA person who studies or makes clinical use of complementology.
- complementologyThe branch of immunology that deals with complement (one of four proteolytic cascades in blood).
- complementerSomething that serves as a complement to something else.
- complementizeTo convert into a complement.
- anticomplementSynonym of complement: The totality, the full amount or number which completes something.
- complementableThat can be complemented
- complementisationNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of complementization.
- complementizationAct or process of complementizing.