complementary

UK /ˌkɒmplɪˈmɛnt(ə)ɹi/ US /ˌkɒmplɪˈmɛnt(ə)ɹi/
adj 3noun 3

Definitions

adj

1

Acting as a complement; making up a whole with something else.

I'll provide you with some complementary notes to help you study.

The two business partners had complementary abilities: one had excellent people skills, while the other had a head for figures.

2

Of the specific pairings of the bases in DNA and RNA.

3

Pertaining to pairs of properties in quantum mechanics that are inversely related to each other, such as speed and position, or energy and time. (See also Heisenberg uncertainty principle.)

noun

1

A complementary colour.

2

One skilled in compliments.

the hands of the most skilful and cunning complementaries alive

3

An angle which adds with another to equal 90 degrees.

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