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 Definitions of Complementary  [ˌkɒm pləˈmɛn tə ri, -tri]  

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Definition of 'Complementary' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) complementary
forming a complement; completing.

2.  complementary
complementing each other.

3.  complementary
designating or consisting of a strand of DNA or RNA that can serve as a template for another strand.

Etymology:  (1590–1600)

Definition of 'Complementary' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) complementary color, 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)
"yellow and blue are complementaries"

2. (adj) complementary
of words or propositions so related that each is the negation of the other
"`male' and `female' are complementary terms"

3. (adj) complemental, complementary, completing
acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole)


Definition of 'Complementary' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) Complementary
serving to fill out or to complete; as, complementary numbers

2. (noun) Complementary
one skilled in compliments


Translation of 'Complementary' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to complete, fill up.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: aanvullend, aanvullings=, Arabic flag Arabic: مُكَمِّل، مُتَمِّم Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: допълнителен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: complementar Czech flag Czech: doplňkový, doplňující se German flag German: Ergänzungs-..., komplemen
Danish flag Danish: supplerende Greek flag Greek: συμπληρωματικός Spanish flag Spanish: complementario
Estonian flag Estonian: täiendav Farsi flag Farsi: مکمل؛ تکمیلی Finnish flag Finnish: täydentävä
French flag French: complémentaire Hebrew flag Hebrew: מַשלִים Hindi flag Hindi: समपूरक
Croatian flag Croatian: dopunski, komplementaran Hungarian flag Hungarian: (egymást) kiegészítő Indonesian flag Indonesian: pelengkap
Icelandic flag Icelandic: uppbótar-; sem bæta hver Italian flag Italian: complementare Japanese flag Japanese: 補足的な
Korean flag Korean: 보충적인 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: papildantis Latvian flag Latvian: papildu-
Malay flag Malay: saling melengkapi Dutch flag Dutch: complementair Norwegian flag Norwegian: utfyllende, supplerende
Polish flag Polish: dopełniający Persian flag Persian: مکمل؛ تکمیلی Pashto flag Pashto: تکمیلی
Portuguese flag Portuguese: complementar Romanian flag Romanian: complementar Russian flag Russian: дополнительный
Slovak flag Slovak: doplnkový Slovenian flag Slovenian: dopolnilen Serbian flag Serbian: dopunski
Swedish flag Swedish: kompletterande Thai flag Thai: ที่เสริมเข้าไปให้สมบูรณ์ Turkish flag Turkish: tamamlayıcı, bütünleyici
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 補充的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: додатковий Urdu flag Urdu: اضافہ کرنے والا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: bổ sung Chinese flag Chinese: 补充的

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