Incomplete
incomplete (?), a. (L.incompletus: cf. F. incomplet. See In- not, and
Complete.)
1. Not complete; not filled up; not finished;
not having all its parts, or not having them all adjusted; imperfect;
defective.
A most imperfect and incomplete
divine. Milton.
2. (Bot.) Wanting any of the usual
floral organs; -- said of a flower.
Incomplete equation (Alg.), an
equation some of whose terms are wanting; or one in which the
coefficient of some one or more of the powers of the unknown quantity
is equal to 0.
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