Complement and Length

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

length

The linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place.
- usage: "the length of the table was 5 feet"
Continuance in time.
- usage: "the ceremony was of short duration"; "he complained about the length of time required"
- synonyms: duration
The property of being the extent of something from beginning to end.
- usage: "the editor limited the length of my article to 500 words"
Size of the gap between two places.
- usage: "the distance from New York to Chicago"; "he determined the length of the shortest line segment joining the two points"
- synonyms: distance
A section of something that is long and narrow.
- usage: "a length of timber"; "a length of tubing"

(a.) The quality or state of being long, in space or time; extent; duration; as, some sea birds are remarkable for the length of their wings; he was tired by the length of the sermon, and the length of his walk.
(a.) The longest or longer, dimension of any object, in distinction from breadth or width; extent of anything from end to end; the longest line which can be drawn through a body, parallel to its sides; as, the length of a church or of a ship; the length of a rope or line.
(v.t.) To lengthen.
(a.) Detail or amplification; unfolding; continuance as, to pursue a subject to a great length.
(a.) A single piece or subdivision of a series or of a number of long pieces which may be connected together; as, a length of pipe; a length of fence.
(a.) A portion of space or of time considered as measured by its length; -- often in the plural.
(a.) Distance.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary