Lexic.us

Definition of Full complement

1. Noun. Number needed to make up a whole force. "A full complement of workers"

Lexicographical Neighbors of Full Complement

Literary usage of Full complement

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1855)
"The Argyll and Bute regiment, full complement 430, musters only 60. The Inverness regiment, full complement 780, can only show 226. ..."

2. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1899)
"... the full complement of men on the lease that the law requires. In Tasmania the revenue returns were so favorable that the Government felt justified in ..."

3. A Biographical History of Lancaster County: Being a History of Early by Alexander Harris (1872)
"The regiment proceeded to Pitts- burg, and was organized October 18th, 1861, with its full complement of officers and men, and a fine regimental band. ..."

4. Steam Power Plant Engineering by George Frederick Gebhardt (1917)
"Condensing Plant with full complement of Heat-saving Appliances. — When fuel is costly it frequently becomes necessary for the sake of economy to reduce the ..."

5. An Excursion to California Over the Prairie, Rocky Mountains, and Great by William Kelly (1851)
"... St. Louis—Meet an Old Schoolfellow resident there—Takes me to see the Lions—Get our full Complement of ..."

6. Steam Power Plant Engineering by George Frederick Gebhardt (1913)
"Condensing Plant with full complement of Heat-saving Appliances. — When fuel is costly it frequently becomes necessary for the sake of economy to reduce the ..."

7. History of Dakota Territory by George Washington Kingsbury (1915)
"... and fortunate was it for us and all mankind that two such men as Lincoln and Grant were on duty during the critical year of 1863,—each a full complement ..."

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