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  1. n. number needed to make up a whole force

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  • “Full KK‑drive, very narrow projection field, custom dish lining, the full complement of automatics.”

    Flinx In Flux

  • “With the exception of tektin, there are homologs in the three genomes for all previously identified structural components as well as a full complement of flagellar motors and both complex A and complex B of the intraflagellar transport system….”

    Simon & Schuster: The Edge of Evolution

  • “By 1915, the full complement of Ford assembly technology and techniques was in place at Trafford Park.”

    Simon & Schuster: The Machine That Changed the World

  • “On 18th November it was attacked by a Siberian division from the Russian 10th Army and an armoured brigade newly arrived from the Far East with a full complement of T 34's.”

    Barbarossa

  • “After receiving a full complement of men, the Queen City was ordered to Mound City, Illinois, where her equipment as a gun-boat was completed.”

    Battles and Victories of Allen Allensworth, A. M., Ph. D., Lieutenant-Colonel, Retired, U. S. Army

  • “That the two forward sections 'M113s got back was a tribute to skill-and luck; that neither contained its full complement of men and equipment an almost inevitable consequence of staying too long and indulging in hand-to-hand combat with a ferocious enemy.”

    First Clash

  • “The Russians were fresh, their machines were unworn, and they had a full complement of ammunition.”

    Barbarossa

  • “That didn't make it any more reassuring, given Korg's full complement of razor-sharp teeth.”

    Phule me twice

  • “On 5 December, another Peacekeeper was successfully launched from Vandenberg to Kwajalein carrying a full complement of 10 unarmed re-entry vehicles.”

    Strategic Air Command: People Aircraft and Missiles 2nd Edition

  • “By mid-March, the winter fog had lifted and VF-51 had a full complement of aircraft allowing each pilot to fly between five and seven hops per week, periodically maintaining their instrument proficiency by flying “under the hood” in old twin-engine Beechcraft SNB trainers.”

    Simon & Schuster: First Man

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