complementary
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pləˈmɛn noun
3.
complementary color ( def 1 ).
Related forms
com·ple·men·ta·ri·ness, noun
un·com·ple·men·ta·ry, adjective
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complementary or complemental (ˌkɒmplɪˈmɛntərɪ, -trɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | acting as or forming a complement; completing |
| 2. | forming a satisfactory or balanced whole |
| 3. | forming a mathematical complement: sine and cosine are complementary functions |
| 4. | maths, logic (of a pair of sets, etc) mutually exclusive and exhaustive, each being the complement of the other |
| 5. | (of genes) producing an effect in association with other genes |
| 6. | involving or using the treatments and techniques of complementary medicine |
| complemental or complemental | |
| —adj | |
| comple'mentarily or complemental | |
| —adv | |
| comple'mentally or complemental | |
| —adv | |
| comple'mentariness or complemental | |
| —n | |
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Complementary
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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Word Origin & History
complementary
1829, from complement. Earliest attested use is in complementary colors.
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Example sentences
It is now realistic to talk about complementary pressure on the insurgencies on both sides of the border.
Mind you this diet is not some complementary humbug, but a strictly medically supervised treatment.
When viewed together, the photographers' differing compositions become complementary.
Now, thanks to a series of complementary innovations, geneticists have begun teasing apart the complexity.
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