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complement | inversion |

Inversion is a see also of complement.


In context|grammar|lang=en terms the difference between complement and inversion

is that complement is (grammar) a word or group of words that completes a grammatical construction in the predicate and that describes or is identified with the subject or object while inversion is (grammar) deviation from standard word order by putting the predicate before the subject it takes place in questions with auxiliary verbs and in normal, affirmative clauses beginning with a negative particle, for the purpose of emphasis.

In context|music|lang=en terms the difference between complement and inversion

is that complement is (music) an interval which, together with the given interval, makes an octave while inversion is (music)the subtraction of pitch classes in a set from twelve, which maps intervals onto their complements with respect to 0, and preserves interval classes, symbolized ix (x being the transposition that is inverted).

In context|genetics|lang=en terms the difference between complement and inversion

is that complement is (genetics) a nucleotide sequence in which each base is replaced by the complementary base of the given sequence: adenine (a) by thymine (t) or uracil (u), cytosine (c) by guanine (g), and vice versa while inversion is (genetics) a segment of dna in the context of a chromosome that is reversed in orientation relative to a reference karyotype or genome.

As nouns the difference between complement and inversion

is that complement is while inversion is the action of inverting.

As a verb complement

is to complete, to bring to perfection, to make whole.

complement

English

(wikipedia complement)

Noun

(en noun)
  • *:
    • perform all those works of mercy, which Clemens Alexandrinus calls amoris et amicitiæ impletionem et extentionem , the extent and complement of love.
  • (obsolete) The act of completing something, or the fact of being complete; completion, completeness, fulfilment.
  • * 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.5:
    • And both encreast the prayse of woman kynde, / And both encreast her beautie excellent: / So all did make in her a perfect complement .
  • The totality, the full amount or number which completes something.
  • * 1851 , (Herman Melville), Moby-Dick :
    • Queequeg sought a passage to Christian lands. But the ship, having her full complement of seamen, spurned his suit; and not all the King his father's influence could prevail.
  • * 2009 , The Guardian , 30 October:
    • Some 11 members of Somerton council's complement of 15 stepped down on Tuesday.
  • (obsolete) Something which completes one's equipment, dress etc.; an accessory.
  • * 1591 , (Edmund Spenser), “The Teares of the Muses [The Tears of the Muses]: Polyhymnia”:
  • *:A doleful case desires a doleful song,
  • *:Without vain art or curious complements.
  • *c. 1599 , (William Shakespeare), , Act 2, Scene 2:
  • *:Garnish'd and deck'd in modest complement,
  • *, I.42:
  • *:A man should be judged by himselfe, and not by his complements .
  • (nautical) The whole working force of a vessel.
  • (heraldry) Fullness (of the moon).
  • * 1912 , Allen Phoebe, Peeps at Heraldry , p.33:
    • The sixth Bishop of Ely had very curious arms, for he bore both sun and moon on his shield, the sun "in his splendour" and the moon "in her complement ".
  • (astronomy, geometry) An angle which, together with a given angle, makes a right angle.
  • Something which completes, something which combines with something else to make up a complete whole; loosely, something perceived to be a harmonious or desirable partner or addition.
  • * Sir J. Stephen
    • History is the complement of poetry.
  • * 2009 , The Guardian , 13 December:
    • London's Kings Place, now one year old, established itself as a venue for imaginative programming, a complement to the evergreen Wigmore Hall.
  • (grammar) A word or group of words that completes a grammatical construction in the predicate and that describes or is identified with the subject or object.
  • *
    • Why has our grammar broken down at this point? It is not difficult to see why. For, we have failed to make any provision for the fact that only some'' Verbs in English (i.e. Verbs like those italicized in (5) (a), traditionally called ''Transitive Verbs'') subcategorize ( = ‘take?) an immediately following NP Complement , whereas others (such as those italicised in (5) (b), traditionally referred to as ''Intransitive Verbs ) do not.
  • (music) An interval which, together with the given interval, makes an octave.
  • (optics) The color which, when mixed with the given color, gives black (for mixing pigments) or white (for mixing light).
    • The complement of blue is orange.
  • (set theory) Given two sets, the set containing one set's elements that are not members of the other set (whether a relative complement or an absolute complement).
    • The complement of the odd numbers is the even numbers, relative to the natural numbers.
  • (immunology) One of several blood proteins that work with antibodies during an immune response.
  • (logic) An expression related to some other expression such that it is true under the same conditions that make other false, and vice versa.
  • (electronics) A voltage level with the opposite logical sense to the given one.
  • (computing) A bit with the opposite value to the given one; the logical complement of a number.
  • (computing, mathematics) The diminished radix complement of a number; the nines' complement of a decimal number; the ones' complement of a binary number.
    • The complement of 01100101_2 is 10011010_2.
  • (computing, mathematics) The radix complement of a number; the two's complement of a binary number.
    • The complement of 01100101_2 is 10011011_2.
  • (computing, mathematics) The numeric complement of a number.
    • The complement of -123 is 123.
  • (genetics) A nucleotide sequence in which each base is replaced by the complementary base of the given sequence: adenine (A) by thymine (T) or uracil (U), cytosine (C) by guanine (G), and vice versa.
    • A DNA molecule is formed from two strands, each of which is the complement of the other.
    • (Shakespeare)

    Related terms

    (terms related to "complement") * complementary * complete * compliment * counterpart * diminished radix complement * full complement * logical complement * nines' complement * numeric complement * ones' complement * orthocomplement * orthogonal complement * pseudo-complement * radix complement * relative pseudo-complement * subject complement * ten's complement * two's complement

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To complete, to bring to perfection, to make whole.
    • We believe your addition will complement the team.
  • To provide what the partner lacks and lack what the partner provides.
    • The flavors of the pepper and garlic complement each other, giving a very rich taste in combination.
    I believe our talents really complement each other.
  • To change a voltage, number, color, etc. to its complement.

    • See also

    * compliment * invert * inversion * negate * negation * supplement

    References

    * DeLone et. al. (Eds.) (1975). Aspects of Twentieth-Century Music . Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall. ISBN 0130493465.

    inversion

    English

    (wikipedia inversion) (clean up music definitions)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • the action of inverting
  • being upside down, in an inverted state
  • being in a reverse sequence, in an inverted state
  • (music)
  • # The move of one pitch in an interval up or down an octave.
  • # The reversal of an interval.
  • # The reversal of the pitch contour.
  • # The reversal of a pitch class succession, such as a contrapuntal line or melody.
  • # The subtraction of pitch classes in a set from twelve, which maps intervals onto their complements with respect to 0, and preserves interval classes, symbolized IX (X being the transposition that is inverted.).
  • (genetics) a segment of DNA in the context of a chromosome that is reversed in orientation relative to a reference karyotype or genome
  • (weather) An increase of air temperature with increase in altitude (the ground being colder than the surrounding air). When an inversion exists, there are no convection currents and wind speeds are below 5 knots. The atmosphere is stable and normally is considered the most favorable state for ground release of chemical agents.
  • (grammar) Deviation from standard word order by putting the predicate before the subject. It takes place in questions with auxiliary verbs and in normal, affirmative clauses beginning with a negative particle, for the purpose of emphasis.
    • (with an auxiliary verb) Inversion takes place in the sentence 'Is she here?' — 'is', the predicate, is before 'she', the subject.
    (for the purpose of emphasis) Inversion takes place in the sentence 'Never have I done that.' — 'have', the predicate, is before 'I', the subject, due to 'never' being the first word of the sentence.
  • * {{quote-web
    • , year = 2007/08 , author = abergs , title = INFL-to-COMP movement , site = English Language and Linguistics Online , url = http://www.ello.uni-osnabrueck.de/field.php/Syntax/INFL-to-COMPMovement , accessdate = 2014-05-22 }}
    Question formation involves the phenomenon commonly known as subject-auxiliary inversion , a change in word order in which the auxiliary moves in front of the subject.
    (a) Here we shall describe this phenomenon in terms of movement of the element under INFL into COMP position.
    (b) According to this analysis, what looks like an exchanging of positions between the subject and auxiliary (or INFL element, in GB terms) is actually the movement of the INFL element past the subject position into COMP.
    (c) INFL-to-COMP movement seems to be triggered by the presence of the [+WH] feature in COMP.
  • (psychology, obsolete) an outdated term for homosexuality, particularly popular in early psychoanalysis

    • Derived terms

    * paracentric inversion * pericentric inversion * temperature inversion

    See also

    * twelve tone technique * serialism

    References

    * (music) DeLone et. al. (Eds.) (1975). Aspects of Twentieth-Century Music. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall. ISBN 0130493465, Ch. 6. * (genetics) Lars Feuk, Andrew R. Carson and Stephen W. Scherer (February 2006). " Structural variation in the human genome," Nature, 7:85. * (genetics) Freeman et al., " Copy number variation: New insights into genome diversity" Genome Res 2006; 16: 949-61. — "DNA copy number variation has long been associated with specific chromosomal rearrangements and genomic disorders, but its ubiquity in mammalian genomes was not fully realized until recently. Although our understanding of the extent of this variation is still developing, it seems likely that, at least in humans, copy number variants (CNVs) account for a substantial amount of genetic variation." ----