Hypertext Webster Gateway: "complemental"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Complemental \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
complemental
adj : acting as or providing a complement (something that
completes the whole) [syn: {complementary}, {completing}]
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