complementary

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.

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

comple·menta·ri·ness n.

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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

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	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" complementary color chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour - a color that has hue
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) complemental, completing additive - characterized or produced by addition; "an additive process"

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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] ADJ → complementario
the skirt and jacket are complementary → la falda y la chaqueta son del mismo traje

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complementary [ˌkɒmplɪˈmɛntəri] adj → complémentaire
complementary medicine n → médecine f parallèle, médecine f douce

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complementary

adj colour → Komplementär-; angle → Ergänzungs-; a complementary pair → ein zusammengehöriges Paar; two complementary characters → zwei einander ergänzende Charaktere; they are complementary to each other → sie ergänzen sich or einander; they have complementary interests → ihre Interessen ergänzen sich

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complementary:

complementary colour, (US) complementary color

n → Komplementärfarbe f

complementary medicine

n → Komplementärmedizin f

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complementary [ˌkɒmplɪˈmɛnt/ərɪ] adj → complementare
the food and wine were complementary → il cibo e il vino erano ben assortiti

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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