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complementary definition

complementary


 
  Grep  of  noun  complementary 
  complementary 
  complementary  color 
  complementary  medicine 
 
  Overview  of  noun  complementary 
 
  The  noun  complementary  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  complementary  color,  complementary  --  (either  one  of  two  chromatic  colors  that  when  mixed  together  give  white  (in  the  case  of  lights)  or  gray  (in  the  case  of  pigments);  "yellow  and  blue  are  complementaries") 
 
  Overview  of  adj  complementary 
 
  The  adj  complementary  has  3  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  complemental,  complementary,  completing  --  (acting  as  or  providing  a  complement  (something  that  completes  the  whole)) 
  2.  complementary  --  (of  words  so  related  that  each  is  the  negation  of  the  other  "`male'  and  `female'  are  complementary  terms") 
  3.  complementary,  interchangeable  --  (of  or  relating  to  or  suggestive  of  complementation;  "interchangeable  electric  outlets") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  complementary 
 
  3  senses  of  complementary 
 
  Sense  1 
  complemental,  complementary,  completing 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  inessential)  ->  essential 
 
  Sense  2 
  complementary 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  antonymous)  ->  synonymous 
 
  Sense  3 
  complementary,  interchangeable 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  reciprocal)  ->  nonreciprocal 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  complementary 
 
  3  senses  of  complementary 
 
  Sense  1 
  complemental,  complementary,  completing 
  =>  inessential  (vs.  essential),  unessential 
 
  Sense  2 
  complementary 
  =>  antonymous  (vs.  synonymous) 
 
  Sense  3 
  complementary,  interchangeable 
  =>  reciprocal  (vs.  nonreciprocal) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  complementary 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  complementary 
 
  complementary  used  as  an  adjective  is  uncommon  (polysemy  count  =  3) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  complementary 
  complementary 
 
  Overview  of  noun  complementary 
 
  The  noun  complementary  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  complementary  color,  complementary  --  (either  one  of  two  chromatic  colors  that  when  mixed  together  give  white  (in  the  case  of  lights)  or  gray  (in  the  case  of  pigments);  "yellow  and  blue  are  complementaries") 
 
  Overview  of  adj  complementary 
 
  The  adj  complementary  has  3  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  complemental,  complementary,  completing  --  (acting  as  or  providing  a  complement  (something  that  completes  the  whole)) 
  2.  complementary  --  (of  words  so  related  that  each  is  the  negation  of  the  other  "`male'  and  `female'  are  complementary  terms") 
  3.  complementary,  interchangeable  --  (of  or  relating  to  or  suggestive  of  complementation;  "interchangeable  electric  outlets") 



complementary definition