Complement and Assembly

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.

noun

• A group of machine parts that fit together to form a self-contained unit.
• The act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery.
  • synonyms: fabrication
• A public facility to meet for open discussion.
  • synonyms: forum, meeting place
• A group of persons who are gathered together for a common purpose.
• A unit consisting of components that have been fitted together.
• The social act of assembling.
  • usage: "they demanded the right of assembly"
  • synonyms: assemblage, gathering

• (n.) A company of persons collected together in one place, and usually for some common purpose, especially for deliberation and legislation, for worship or for social entertainment.
• (n.) A collection of inanimate objects.
• (n.) A beat of the drum or sound of the bugle as a signal to troops to assemble.

(DoD, NATO) In logistics, an item forming a portion of an equipment, that can be provisioned and replaced as an entity and which normally incorporates replaceable parts or groups of parts. See also component; subassembly.