explement

explement
explemental /ek'spleuh men"tl/, explementary /ek'spleuh men"teuh ree, -tree/, adj.
/ek"spleuh meuhnt/, n. Math.
the quantity by which an angle or an arc falls short of 360° or a circle.
[1585-95; < L explementum that which fills up, equiv. to exple(re) to fill (ex- EX-1 + plere to fill) + -mentum -MENT]

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