About The Word Complemental
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Complemental
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What's The Definition Of Complemental?
[adj] acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole)
Synonyms | Synonyms for Complemental: complementary | completing | inessential | unessential Related Terms | Find terms related to Complemental: See Also | Complemental In Webster's Dictionary \Com`ple*men"tal\, a.
1. Supplying, or tending to supply, a deficiency; fully
completing. ``Complemental ceremony.'' --Prynne.
2. Complimentary; courteous. [Obs.] --Shak.
{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} (Zo["o]l.), peculiar small males living
parasitically on the ordinary hermaphrodite individuals of
certain barnacles.
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