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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Complementary \Com`ple*men"ta*ry\, a. Serving to fill out or to complete; as complementary numbers. {Complementary colors}. See under {Color}. {Complementary angles} (Math.), two angles whose sum is 90[deg]. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Complementary \Com`ple*men"ta*ry\, n. [See {Complimentary}.] One skilled in compliments. [Obs.] --B. Jonson From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: complementary adj 1: acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole) [syn: {complemental}, {completing}] 2: of words so related that each is the negation of the other "`male' and `female' are complementary terms" 3: of or relating to or suggestive of complementation; "interchangeable electric outlets" [syn: {interchangeable}]
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