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

Adjective

1. forming a complete or balanced whole

2. forming a complement

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 << OPPOSITE incompatible

Translations

complementary [kɔmplɪˈmɛntərɪ] adj → complementario

complementary [kɔmplɪˈmɛntərɪ] complement adj → complémentaire

complementary [kɔmplɪˈmɛntərɪ] complement adj → komplementär, einander ergänzend

complementary [kɔmplɪˈmɛntərɪ] adj → complementare