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1. (n.) complementary distribution
a relationship between linguistic items, esp. speech sounds, that have no environment in common, as aspirated (p) and unaspirated (p) in English.
Etymology: (1930–35)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) complementary distribution, complementation
(linguistics) a distribution of related speech sounds or forms in such a way that they only appear in different contexts
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The Standard Electrical Dictionary |
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1. 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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