Complement and Link

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.

• (v.i.) To be connected.
• (n.) Any one of the several elementary pieces of a mechanism, as the fixed frame or a rod, wheel, mass of confined liquid, etc., by which relative motion of other parts is produced and constrained.
• (n.) Any intermediate rod or piece for transmitting force or motion, especially a short connecting rod with a bearing at each end; specifically (Steam Engine), the slotted bar or connecting piece, to the opposite ends of which the eccentric rods are jointed, and by means of which the movement of the valve is varied, in a link motion.
• (n.) Sausages; -- because linked together.
• (n.) Anything doubled and closed like a link; as, a link of horsehair.
• (n.) The length of one joint of Gunter's chain, being the hundredth part of it or 7.92 inches, the chain being 66 feet in length. Cf. Chain, n., 4.
• (n.) A torch made of tow and pitch or the like.
• (n.) A bond of affinity or a unit of valence between atoms; -- applied to a unit of chemical force or attraction.
• (v.t.) To connect or unite with a link or as with a link; to join; to attach; to unite; to couple.
• (n.) A single ring or division of a chain.
• (n.) Hence: Anything, whether material or not, which binds together or connects, separate things; a part of a connected series; a tie; a bond.
• (n.) A winding of a river; also, the ground along such a winding; a meander; -- usually in pl.
• (n.) Hence, any such piece of ground where golf is played.
• (n.) Sand hills with the surrounding level or undulating land, such as occur along the seashore, a river bank, etc.
• (n.) A hill or ridge, as a sand hill or a wooded or turfy bank between cultivated fields, etc.

noun

• The means of connection between things linked in series.
  • synonyms: nexus
• A fastener that serves to join or connect.
  • usage: "the walls are held together with metal links placed in the wet mortar during construction"
  • synonyms: linkup, tie, tie-in
• The state of being connected.
  • usage: "the connection between church and state is inescapable"
  • synonyms: connection, connectedness
• A connecting shape.
  • synonyms: connection, connexion
• A unit of length equal to 1/100 of a chain.
• Computing) an instruction that connects one part of a program or an element on a list to another program or list. (
• A channel for communication between groups.
  • usage: "he provided a liaison with the guerrillas"
  • synonyms: liaison, contact, inter-group communication
• A two-way radio communication system (usually microwave); part of a more extensive telecommunication network.
  • synonyms: radio link
• An interconnecting circuit between two or more locations for the purpose of transmitting and receiving data.
  • synonyms: data link

verb

• Make a logical or causal connection.
  • usage: "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these facts"; "I cannot relate these events at all"
  • synonyms: associate, tie in, relate, colligate, link up, connect
• Connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces.
  • usage: "Can you connect the two loudspeakers"; "Tie the ropes together"; "Link arms"
  • synonyms: connect, tie, link up
• Be or become joined or united or linked.
  • usage: "The two streets connect to become a highway"; "Our paths joined"; "The travelers linked up again at the airport"
  • synonyms: connect, link up, join, unite
• Link with or as with a yoke.
  • usage: "yoke the oxen together"
  • synonyms: yoke

Link is a masculine given name

• Name Meaning: From the bank
• Name Origin: English

(DoD) A behavioral, physical, or functional relationship between nodes.
(DoD) A maritime route, other than a coastal or transit route, which links any two or more routes. See also node.
(DoD) In communications, a general term used to indicate the existence of communications facilities between two points.

link is a unit of land measurement. One link equals 7. 92 inches or 0. 66 feet. There are 100 links of equal length in a surveyor's chain.