complementary
forming a complement; completing.
complementing each other.
Origin of complementary
1Other words from complementary
- com·ple·men·ta·ri·ness, noun
- un·com·ple·men·ta·ry, adjective
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How to use complementary in a sentence
Not, we must again emphasize, not in a hermaphroditic personality, but in two perfect complementaries—mates; not one but a pair.
Sex=The Unknown Quantity | Ali NomadIn the same way mix the two complementaries yellow and blue to produce a gray; mix red and green in the same way.
The Mind and Its Education | George Herbert BettsCosmic reaction has set in, and union between complementaries is the result.
Sex=The Unknown Quantity | Ali NomadEverything in nature is manifested to us by means of light and its complementaries, reflection and shadow.
The Mind of the Artist | VariousThe greatest possible contrast is that of the complementaries.
The Painter in Oil | Daniel Burleigh Parkhurst
British Dictionary definitions for complementary
complemental
/ (ˌkɒmplɪˈmɛntərɪ, -trɪ) /
acting as or forming a complement; completing
forming a satisfactory or balanced whole
forming a mathematical complement: sine and cosine are complementary functions
maths logic (of a pair of sets, etc) mutually exclusive and exhaustive, each being the complement of the other
(of genes) producing an effect in association with other genes
involving or using the treatments and techniques of complementary medicine
Derived forms of complementary
- complementarily or complementally, adverb
- complementariness, noun
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