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Incomplete equation

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Incomplete \In`com*plete"\, a. [L. incompletus: cf. F.
   incomplet. See {In-} not, and {Complete}.]
   1. Not complete; not filled up; not finished; not having all
      its parts, or not having them all adjusted; imperfect;
      defective.

            A most imperfect and incomplete divine. --Milton.

   2. (Bot.) Wanting any of the usual floral organs; -- said of
      a flower.

   {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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