Circular and Complement

noun

• An advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution.
  • usage: "he mailed the circular to all subscribers"
  • synonyms: handbill, bill, broadside, broadsheet, flier, flyer, throwaway

adjective

• Having a circular shape.
  • synonyms: round
• Describing a circle; moving in a circle.
  • usage: "the circular motion of the wheel"
  • synonyms: rotary, orbitual

• (a.) Perfect; complete.
• (a.) repeating itself; ending in itself; reverting to the point of beginning; hence, illogical; inconclusive; as, circular reasoning.
• (a.) Adhering to a fixed circle of legends; cyclic; hence, mean; inferior. See Cyclic poets, under Cyclic.
• (a.) A sleeveless cloak, cut in circular form.
• (a.) In the form of or bounded by, a circle; round.
• (a.) A circular letter or paper, usually printed, copies of which are addressed or given to various persons; as, a business circular.
• (a.) Addressed to a circle or to a number of persons having a common interest; circulated or intended for circulation; as, a circular letter.

noun

• A word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction.
• A complete number or quantity.
  • usage: "a full complement"
• Number needed to make up a whole force.
  • usage: "a full complement of workers"
  • synonyms: full complement
• Something added to complete or embellish or make perfect.
  • usage: "a fine wine is a perfect complement to the dinner"; "wild rice was served as an accompaniment to the main dish"
  • synonyms: accompaniment
• One of a series of enzymes in the blood serum that are part of the immune response.
• Either of two parts that mutually complete each other.

verb

• Make complete or perfect; supply what is wanting or form the complement to.
  • usage: "I need some pepper to complement the sweet touch in the soup"

• (v.t.) To supply a lack; to supplement.
• (v.t.) The whole working force of a vessel.
• (v.t.) Something added for ornamentation; an accessory.
• (v.t.) To compliment.
• (v.t.) A second quantity added to a given quantity to make it equal to a third given quantity.
• (v.t.) A compliment.
• (v.t.) Full quantity, number or amount; a complete set; completeness.
• (v.t.) The interval wanting to complete the octave; -- the fourth is the complement of the fifth, the sixth of the third.
• (v.t.) That which fills up or completes; the quantity or number required to fill a thing or make it complete.
• (v.t.) That which is required to supply a deficiency or to complete a symmetrical whole.