radix complement
radix complement
[′rād·iks ′käm·plə·mənt] (mathematics)
A numeral in positional notation that can be derived from another by subtracting the original numeral from the numeral of highest value with the same number of digits, and adding 1 to the difference. Also known as complement; true complement.
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