Complement and Arm

complement

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.

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.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

arm

A human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb.
Any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm.
- usage: "the arm of the record player"; "an arm of the sea"; "a branch of the sewer"
- synonyms: branch, limb
Any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting.
- usage: "he was licensed to carry a weapon"
- synonyms: weapon, weapon system
The part of an armchair or sofa that supports the elbow and forearm of a seated person.
A division of some larger or more complex organization.
- usage: "a branch of Congress"; "botany is a branch of biology"; "the Germanic branch of Indo-European languages"
- synonyms: branch, subdivision
The part of a garment that is attached at the armhole and that provides a cloth covering for the arm.
- synonyms: sleeve

Prepare oneself for a military confrontation.
- usage: "The U. S. Is girding for a conflict in the Middle East"; "troops are building up on the Iraqi border"
- synonyms: build up, fortify, gird
Supply with arms.
- usage: "The U. S. Armed the freedom fighters in Afghanistan"

(n.) Anything resembling an arm.
(n.) A limb or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate animal.
(v.t.) To cover or furnish with a plate or with whatever will add strength, force, security or efficiency; as, to arm the hit of a sword; to arm a hook in angling.
(n.) The fore limb of an animal, as of a bear.
(n.) A branch of a tree.
(n.) A branch of the military service; as, the cavalry arm was made efficient.
(n.) A weapon of offense or defense; an instrument of warfare; -- commonly in the pl.
(n.) A support for the elbow, at the side of a chair, the end of a sofa, etc.
(n.) The end of a yard; also, the part of an anchor which ends in the fluke.
(v.t.) To furnish with arms or limbs.
(v.i.) To provide one's self with arms, weapons or means of attack or resistance; to take arms.
(v.t.) Fig.: To furnish with means of defense; to prepare for resistance; to fortify, in a moral sense.
(n.) Fig.: Power; might; strength; support; as, the secular arm; the arm of the law.
(n.) An inlet of water from the sea.
(n.) A slender part of an instrument or machine, projecting from a trunk, axis or fulcrum; as, the arm of a steelyard.
(v.t.) To take by the arm; to take up in one's arms.
(n.) The limb of the human body which extends from the shoulder to the hand; also, the corresponding limb of a monkey.
(v.t.) To furnish or equip with weapons of offense or defense; as, to arm soldiers; to arm the country.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(Military) ARM stands for antiradiation missile

Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. 31 January 2011.