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Webster 1913 Edition


Complemental

Comˊple-men′tal

,
Adj.
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.
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Complemental males
(Zool.)
,
peculiar small males living parasitically on the ordinary hermaphrodite individuals of certain barnacles.

Webster 1828 Edition


Complemental

COMPLEMENTAL

,
Adj.
Filling; supplying a deficiency; completing.