diminished radix complement

noun

The number which, added to the given n-digit number in radix r, results in rⁿ-1. In binary (r=2), this is the ones' complement; in decimal (r=10), this is the nines' complement.

“The diminished radix complement of 138053_10 is 861946_10.”

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Meanings

noundiminished radix complement (plural diminished radix complements)

plural diminished radix complements

  1. The number which, added to the given n-digit number in radix r, results in rⁿ-1. In binary (r=2), this is the ones' complement; in decimal (r=10), this is the nines' complement.

    The diminished radix complement of 138053_10 is 861946_10.

    2 more examples

    The diminished radix complement of 01100101_2 is 10011010_2.

    The diminished radix complement of 0423102_5 is 4021342_5.

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