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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Incomplete \In`com*plete"\, a. [L. incompletus: cf. F.
incomplet. See {In-} not, and {Complete}.]
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1. Not complete; not filled up; not finished; not having all
its parts, or not having them all adjusted; imperfect;
defective.
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A most imperfect and incomplete divine. --Milton.
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2. (Bot.) Wanting any of the usual floral organs; -- said of
a flower.
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{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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