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  1. complementary

    adjective

    1. Forming or serving as a complement; completing.
      "finally acquired the complementary volumes that made a whole set."
    2. Offsetting mutual deficiencies or enhancing mutual strengths:
    3. Of or relating to complementary medicine.

    adjective

    1. Forming or serving as a complement; completing.
      "finally acquired the complementary volumes that made a whole set."
    2. Offsetting mutual deficiencies or enhancing mutual strengths:
    3. Of or relating to complementary medicine.
    4. Of or relating to a group of genes that act in concert to produce a specific phenotype.
    5. Of or relating to the specific pairing of the purines and pyrimidines between strands of a DNA or an RNA molecule.
    6. Of or relating to the hypothesis that underlying properties of entities, especially subatomic particles, may manifest themselves in mutually exclusive forms at different times, depending on the conditions of the observation, and that any physical model that describes entities in terms of one form or the other will be incomplete.
    7. Serving to fill out or to complete.
      "complementary numbers"
    8. See under Color.
    9. Two angles whose sum is 90°.
    The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition • More at Wordnik
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  2. merriam-webster.com

    The meaning of COMPLEMENTARY is serving to fill out or complete. How to use complementary in a sentence. serving to fill out or complete; mutually supplying each other's lack… See the full definition. Games; Games; Word of the Day; Grammar; Wordplay; Rhymes; Word Finder; Thesaurus; Join MWU; Shop; Books; Merch; Settings;
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  4. grammarly.com

    Although complementary and complimentary sound similar, they have different meanings.Complementary refers to something that completes or goes well with another, bringing mutual benefits or creating a harmonious whole.Complimentary, on the other hand, pertains to the act of giving praise or free items, such as in "She received complimentary remarks about her work" or "Guests enjoyed a ...
  5. curseforge.com

    Complementary Shaders is dedicated to be shaped by user feedback over anything else, and it still receives regular updates to this day. Choose Your Style. Complementary Shaders comes with two distinct visual style options. The only difference between these two styles is the default settings. The Unbound style is designed for people looking for ...
  6. thoughtco.com

    Jul 22, 2024Complementary relationships between two or more things or people are highly functional: I've never seen a better complementary working partnership than that of Jess and Laura; they are a true yin and yang in our workplace.Jess and Laura work favorably together. Complementary objects pair well together and are pleasing when combined: This wine and cheese are perfectly complementary.
  7. oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com

    complementary (to something) two people or things that are complementary are different but together form a useful or attractive combination of skills, qualities or physical features The school's approach must be complementary to that of the parents. We provide a service that is essentially complementary to that of the banks.
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