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complementary

Syllabification: (com·ple·men·ta·ry)

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Definition of complementary

adjective

  • 1combining in such a way as to enhance or emphasize the qualities of each other or another:three guitarists playing interlocking, complementary parts Internet technology is actually complementary to traditional technologies
  • Biochemistry (of gene sequences, nucleotides, etc.) related by the rules of base pairing.
  • 2 [attributive] of or relating to complementary medicine:complementary therapies such as aromatherapy

Derivatives

complementarily


adverb

complementariness

noun

complementary in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of complementary in the British & World English dictionary