complementation (redirected from complementations)

complementation [ˌkɒmplɪmɛnˈteɪʃən]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Genetics) the act or process of forming a complement

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Genetics) Genetics the combination of two homologous chromosomes, each with a different recessive mutant gene, in a single cell to produce a normal phenotype. The deficiency of one homologue is supplied by the normal allele of the other

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	complementation - the grammatical relation of a word or phrase to a predicate grammatical relation - a linguistic relation established by grammar
	2.	complementation - (linguistics) a distribution of related speech sounds or forms in such a way that they only appear in different contexts complementary distribution dispersion, distribution - the spatial or geographic property of being scattered about over a range, area, or volume; "worldwide in distribution"; "the distribution of nerve fibers"; "in complementary distribution" linguistics - the scientific study of language

Translations

complementation [ˌkɒmplɪmɛnˈteɪʃ^ən] (GRAMMAR) n → complémentation f