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Relative complement

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complementnounThe totality, the full amount or number which completes something.
absolute complementnoun(set theory) The set that contains exactly those elements belonging to the universal set but not to a given set.
set-theoretic differencenoun(set theory, of two sets A and B) The set that contains exactly those elements belonging to A but not to B; the relative complement of B in A.
differencenoun(uncountable) The quality of being different.
subsetnounA group of things or people, all of which are in a specified larger group.
proper subsetnoun(set theory) a set that is a subset of the set, but not equal to it.
complementationnoun(grammar) The relationship of a phrase to its predicate
supersetnoun(set theory) (symbol: ⊇) With respect to another set, a set such that each of the elements of the other set is also an element of the set.
symmetric differencenoun(set theory) The set that contains all elements belonging to either of given two sets but not to the both; the relative complement of the intersection in the union of given two sets.
covernounA lid.
subpermutationnounA permutation that is a subset of another permutation, containing only some of its elements.
subcombinationnounA combination that is a subset of another combination, containing only some of its elements.
closed setnoun(topology) A set whose complement is open.
intersectionnounThe junction of two (or more) paths, streets, highways, or other thoroughfares.
difference setnoun(combinatorics) A subset of a group such that any element of the group can be expressed as the difference (or the quotient) of two elements in such subset.
binary relationnoun(set theory, order theory, "on" a set A) A subset of the Cartesian product A×A (the set of ordered pairs (a, b) of elements of A, alternatively written as A²).
closurenounAn event or occurrence that signifies an ending.
relative pseudo-complementnoun(mathematics) The residual operation of a Heyting algebra when considered as a residuated lattice whose monoid operation is the meet operation. Equivalently, the relative pseudo-complement of a with respect to b is the supremum of the set of all z such that z∧a⩽b, where ∧ denotes the meet operation of the given Heyting algebra.
partitionnounAn action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another.
connectionnounA feeling of understanding and ease of communication between two or more people.

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