[
UK
/kˌɒmplɪmˈɛntəɹi/
]
[ US /ˌkɑmpɫəˈmɛntɹi, ˌkɑmpɫəˈmɛntʃi/ ]
[ US /ˌkɑmpɫəˈmɛntɹi, ˌkɑmpɫəˈmɛntʃi/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole)
-
of words or propositions so related that each is the negation of the other
`male' and `female' are complementary terms
NOUN
-
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
How To Use complementary In A Sentence
- Just as many chefs use tequila in marinades, to cure fish or in ceviches, bar chefs should follow their lead and develop cocktails with complementary flavors to go along with the dish.
- So we set about assembling a team of cross-disciplinary professionals including Dr. Patricia Muehsam, on the faculty of Mount Sinai Medical School; Dr. Peter Roche de Coppens, professor of sociology, anthropology, and psychotherapy at East Stroudsburg University in Pennsylvania and the Sorbonne in Paris; Dr. Beverly Rubik, a biophysicist who had conducted scientific research in mind-body, subtle energies, and complementary medicine; Dr. J. Manifesting Michelangelo
- The complementary substances or substituent groups with which these nuclei are more or less firmly combined in nature exert a stabilizing and perhaps otherwise favorable influence on the curative nucleus, but do not themselves possess the vitamine type of physiological potency. The Vitamine Manual
- He has been interested in self-development and complementary therapies since 1995.
- To some extent they are complementary accounts, but they also propose alternatives with somewhat different purposes in mind.
- Nalaqtuk niqiliriiq nirriyaktuqtuq tugagauyuk-tigutuinnaq complementary restricted commensalism Climate change impacts on Canadian Inuit in Nunavut
- Generally and statistically speaking, men and women have different and sometimes complementary minds and abilities, just as they have different and sometimes complementary bodies. Times, Sunday Times
- It is complementary to low energy electron diffraction, which probes long range order - ie a minimum domain size of 100-200A/9.
- Interaction has been measured in this way for ligand-receptor pairs of biotin and avidin, complementary DNA pairs, and antigen-antibody pairs.
- The sources are complementary in identifying and locating toponyms, still a painstaking task, but immensely valuable for any study of settlement patterns.