"relative complement" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: relative complements [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} relative complement (plural relative complements)
  1. (set theory, of set A "in" set B) The set containing exactly those elements belonging to B but not to A. Categories (topical): Set theory Synonyms: set-theoretic difference Related terms: relative pseudo-complement Translations (set of elements contained in one set but not another): množinový rozdíl [masculine] (Czech), mængdedifferens [common-gender] (Danish), joukkoerotus (Finnish), mengjamunur [masculine] (Icelandic), mengjamismunur [masculine] (Icelandic), complemento relativo [masculine] (Italian), 差集合 (sashūgō) (alt: さしゅうごう) (Japanese), complement relativ [neuter] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-relative_complement-en-noun-mb~XpcX2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: mathematics, sciences, set-theory

Inflected forms

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