complement

Complement ( Latin complementum = "addition", "completion [smittel]") generally denotes something that is a complement to something else. It is:

• Complementary good, in economics a specific good
• Complement system , in medicine, biochemistry and biology for the entirety of certain proteins
• Two's complement , which is used in computer science to represent numbers
• One's complement , it represents the inversion of the bits in a binary number
• Complement (syntax) , a position in the sentence structure
• Complement , components of the complement system as part of the defense system in organisms

In mathematics , the term is often used:

• Complement (lattice theory) , the generalization of complements in set theory, logic and switching algebra:
  • Complement (set theory) , in set theory the result of a certain operation
  • in logic and switching algebra, the result of a certain operation in a Boolean algebra
• Complement graph , in graph theory a special graph for a given graph
• Complementary space, a subspace in linear algebra
• Schur's complement , in linear algebra a matrix that is calculated from the individual blocks of a larger matrix
• Ten's complement to replace a subtraction with an addition

See also:

• Wiktionary: Complement  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
• Complementary
• Complementary color
• Complementary angle
• Compliment (disambiguation)

This is a disambiguation page for differentiating between several terms identified with the same word.