Complement

Type it

Ways to write the Complement symbol
UnicodeU+2201
LaTeX\complement
HTML entity∁
Character∁

Meaning

Written before a set, it means every element of the universal set that is not in that set. It is also written Aᶜ or with a bar over the set. Compare with Set Minus and Union.

How to read it

∁A = U ∖ A

is read “the complement of A equals U minus A”.

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