What does complementary mean in English? Meaning of complementary definition and abbreviation with examples.
Meaning of "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)
Noun
Meaning: either one of two chromatic colors that when mixed together give white (in the case of lights) or grey (in the case of pigments)Example: yellow and blue are complementariesSynonyms: complementary
complementary colorHypernyms: chromatic color
chromatic colour
spectral color
spectral colourPronunciation in US: /ˌkɑːmpləˈmentəɹi/
Pronunciation in UK: /ˌkɒmplɪˈmentəɹi/
Meaning of "complementary": of words or propositions so related that each is the negation of the other
Adjective
Meaning: of words or propositions so related that each is the negation of the otherExample: `male' and `female' are complementary termsSynonyms: complementarySimilar: antonymousPronunciation in US: /ˌkɑːmpləˈmentəɹi/
Pronunciation in UK: /ˌkɒmplɪˈmentəɹi/
Meaning of "complementary": acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole)
Adjective
Meaning: acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole)Synonyms: complemental
complementary
completingSimilar: additivePronunciation in US: /ˌkɑːmpləˈmentəɹi/
Pronunciation in UK: /ˌkɒmplɪˈmentəɹi/
Adjective: Acting as a complement. 1988, Andrew Radford, Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page 140: Using the terminology we intro- duced earlier, we might then say that black and white squares are in comple- mentary distribution on a chess-board. By this we mean two things: firstly, black squares and white squares occupy different positions on the board: and secondly, the black and white squares complement each other in the sense that the black squares together with the white squares comprise the total set of 64 squares found on the board (i.e. there is no square on the board which is not either black or white).1988, Andrew Radford, Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page 140: Using the terminology we intro- duced earlier, we might then say that black and white squares are in comple- mentary distribution on a chess-board. By this we mean two things: firstly, black squares and white squares occupy different positions on the board: and secondly, the black and white squares complement each other in the sense that the black squares together with the white squares comprise the total set of 64 squares found on the board (i.e. there is no square on the board which is not either black or white).(genetics) Of the specific pairings of the bases in DNA and RNA.(physics) Pertaining to pairs of properties in quantum mechanics that are inversely related to each other, such as speed and position, or energy and time. (See also Heisenberg uncertainty principle.)Synonyms:
integral, reciprocal, equivalent, correspondent, parallel, correlative, fellow, conclusive, corresponding, crowning, integrative, matched, paired, complemental, interdependent, commutual, completing, completory, interconnected, interrelated, interrelating, mated,
Antonyms:
dissimilar, independent, unrelated, different,
