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complementation


Definition of complementation

noun

  • 1 [mass noun] the action of complementing something.
  • 2 Grammar all the clause constituents that are governed by a verb, nominalization, or adjective: information as to a verb’s complementation tells the learner about its meaning
  • 3 Genetics the phenomenon by which the effects of two different non-allelic mutations in a gene are partly or entirely cancelled out when they occur together.

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