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complementary wavelength

noun

physics the wavelength of monochromatic light that could be mixed in suitable proportions with a given coloured light so as to produce some specified achromatic light

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Nearby words

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  4. complementary medicine,
  5. complementary strand,
  6. complementation,
  7. complemented,
  8. complementizer,
  9. complete,
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