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complementary
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com·ple·men·ta·ry  (kmpl-mnt-r, -tr)
adj.
1. Forming or serving as a complement; completing.
2. Supplying mutual needs or offsetting mutual lacks.
3. Genetics Of or relating to a group of genes that act in concert to produce a specific phenotype.
4. Biochemistry Of or relating to the specific pairing of the purines and pyrimidines between strands of a DNA or an RNA molecule.

comple·menta·ri·ly (-t-r-l, -tr-l, -mn-târ-l) adv.
comple·menta·ri·ness n.

complementary [ˌkɒmplɪˈmɛntərɪ -trɪ], complemental
adj
1. acting as or forming a complement; completing
2. forming a satisfactory or balanced whole
3. (Mathematics) forming a mathematical complement sine and cosine are complementary functions
4. (Mathematics) (Philosophy / Logic) Maths Logic (of a pair of sets, etc.) mutually exclusive and exhaustive, each being the complement of the other
5. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Genetics) (of genes) producing an effect in association with other genes
6. (Medicine / Complementary Medicine) involving or using the treatments and techniques of complementary medicine
complementarily , complementally adv
complementariness  n
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Noun1.complementary - either one of two chromatic colors that when mixed together give white (in the case of lights) or grey (in the case of pigments); "yellow and blue are complementaries"
Adj.1.complementary - of words or propositions so related that each is the negation of the other; "`male' and `female' are complementary terms"
antonymous - of words: having opposite meanings
2.complementary - acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole)
additive - characterized or produced by addition; "an additive process"

complementary
adjective matching, companion, corresponding, compatible, reciprocal, interrelating, interdependent, harmonizing Many plain tiles and complementary borders are available.
different, contradictory, incompatible, incongruous
Translations
complementary [ˌkɒmplɪˈmentərɪ] ADJcomplementario
the skirt and jacket are complementaryla falda y la chaqueta son del mismo traje

complementary [ˌkɒmplɪˈmɛntəri] adjcomplémentaire
complementary medicine nmédecine f parallèle, médecine f douce

complementary
adj colourKomplementär-; angleErgänzungs-; a complementary pairein zusammengehöriges Paar; two complementary characterszwei einander ergänzende Charaktere; they are complementary to each othersie ergänzen sich or einander; they have complementary interestsihre Interessen ergänzen sich

complementary:
complementary colour, (US) complementary color
complementary medicine
nKomplementärmedizin f

complementary [ˌkɒmplɪˈmɛntrɪ] adjcomplementare
the food and wine were complementary → il cibo e il vino erano ben assortiti
complementary [ˌkɒmplɪˈmɛntrɪ] adjcomplementare
the food and wine were complementary → il cibo e il vino erano ben assortiti

complementary متمم doplňkový komplementær ergänzend συμπληρωματικός complementario täydentävä complémentaire komplementaran complementare 補完的な 보충하는 complementair komplementær uzupełniający complementar дополнительный kompletterande เสริมซึ่งกันและกัน bütünleyici bổ sung 补充的


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Complementarily, the narrative embodiments of her fiction advocate a therapeutic reclamation of that flesh as a primary site and signifier of knowledge and communication, both personal and collective, both material and narrated.
 
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