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komplementert

Komplementert is the past participle of the Norwegian verb komplementere, meaning to complement, complete, or supplement. It describes something that has been made to complete or pair with something else, or that has been formed as the complement of another element. The term derives from the Latin complementum through the Scandinavian and European linguistic tradition and is distinct from komplimentere, which means to compliment or praise.

In mathematics and set theory, komplementer relates to the concept of a set’s complement. If U is

In linguistics, komplementer is used for a phrase that completes the meaning of a head element, such

In general Norwegian, komplementert is most often encountered as a descriptor for something that has been completed

a
universal
set
and
A
is
a
subset
of
U,
the
complement
of
A
in
U
consists
of
all
elements
of
U
not
in
A.
A
set
may
be
described
as
komplementert
in
U
when
it
is
the
complement
relative
to
U.
In
logic
and
computer
science,
the
idea
appears
in
contexts
such
as
the
bitwise
complement
or
the
two’s
complement
representation
of
integers;
one
may
speak
of
komplementerte
tall
or
of
a
to-komplements
representasjon.
as
a
clause
or
noun
phrase
that
functions
as
the
complement
of
a
verb
or
adjective.
The
process
is
called
komplementering,
and
a
structure
may
be
described
as
komplementert
after
it
has
received
its
required
complement.
or
paired
to
form
a
proper
whole.
It
is
easy
to
confuse
this
with
kompliment
(praise),
but
the
two
terms
have
distinct
origins
and
uses.