complementarity

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Synonyms: complementarily, complementary, complimentarily, complementaries, complementarian

Antonyms: complementarily, complementary, complimentarily, complementaries, complementarian

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Noun

1. The state or characteristic of being [[complementary]].
2. {{lb|en|linguistics|philosophy|semantics}} A [[semantic]] relationship between two words wherein [[negative]] use of one [[entail]]s the [[affirmative]] of the other with no [[gradability]]; the relation of [[binary antonym]]s.
3. {{lb|en|philosophy|_|of science}} The [[idea]] that [[physical]] phenomena may have (mutually contradictory) properties that cannot be [[observe]]d [[simultaneously]] {{gl|e.g. [[wave-particle duality]]}}.

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