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com·ple·men·ta·ry dis·tri·bu·tion
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Princeton's WordNet
complementary distribution, complementationnoun
(linguistics) a distribution of related speech sounds or forms in such a way that they only appear in different contexts
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Complementary distribution
In linguistics, complementary distribution, as distinct from contrastive distribution and free variation, is the relationship between two different elements of the same kind in which one element is found in one set of environments and the other element is found in a non-intersecting (complementary) set of environments. The term often indicates that two superficially-different elements are the same linguistic unit at a deeper level, though more than two elements can be in complementary distribution with one another.
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Complementary distribution
Complementary distribution in linguistics is the relationship between two different elements, where one element is found in a particular environment and the other element is found in the opposite environment. It often indicates that two superficially different elements are in fact the same linguistic unit at a deeper level. In some instances, more than two elements can be in complementary distribution with one another.
The Standard Electrical Dictionary
Complementary Distribution
Every distribution of electricity has somewhere a corresponding distribution, exactly equal to it of opposite electricity; the latter is the complimentary distribution to the first, and the first distribution is also complimentary to it.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of complementary distribution in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of complementary distribution in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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