complementary
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complementary
- /ˌkɒmplɪˈmɛnt(ə)ɹi/ UK
- /ˌkɑmplɪˈmɛnt(ə)ɹi/ Atlantic Canada, US
- /ˌkɒmplɪˈmɛnt(ə)ɹi/ Canada
Sounds like complimentary · Rhymes with -ɛntəɹi, -ɛntɹi
Where it comes from
From complement + -ary. Piecewise doublet of complimentary.
adjective more complementary · most complementary
- Acting as a complement; making up a whole with something else. I'll provide you with some complementary notes to help you study.
- Of the specific pairings of the bases in DNA and RNA.
- Pertaining to pairs of properties in quantum mechanics that are inversely related to each other, such as speed and position, or energy and time. (See also Heisenberg uncertainty principle.)
noun complementaries
- A complementary colour.
- One skilled in compliments. the hands of the most skilful and cunning complementaries alive
- An angle which adds with another to equal ninety degrees.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: complemental, reciprocal, interchangeable, antonymous, inessential, unessential, completing, complementarity, complement, integrated, interrelated, interdependent, adjunct, supplemental, supplementation, mutually
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adj acting as a complement
| Español | complementario |
|---|---|
| Português | complementar, complementário |
| Français | complémentaire |
| Deutsch | komplementär, ergänzend, sich ergänzend, sich gegenseitig ergänzend, einander ergänzend, Komplementär- |
| Română | complementar |
| Русский | дополняющий dopolnjajuščij |
noun a complementary (i.e. colour or angle)
| Deutsch | Komplementär, Ergänzung |
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