"absolute complement" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: absolute complements [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} absolute complement (plural absolute complements)
  1. (set theory) The set that contains exactly those elements belonging to the universal set but not to a given set. Categories (topical): Set theory Translations (Ac for a given set A): absoluut complement [neuter] (Dutch), 補集合 (hoshūgō) (alt: ほしゅうごう) (Japanese), absolutt komplement [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), complement absolut [neuter] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-absolute_complement-en-noun-zjse1Hvo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: mathematics, sciences, set-theory

Inflected forms

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