complementary

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Synonyms: complimentary, complemental, complementarity, complementarily, implementary, complementally

Antonyms: complimentary, complemental, complementarity, complementarily, implementary, complementally

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Adjective

1. Acting as a [[complement]]; making up a [[whole]] with something else.
2. {{lb|en|genetics}} Of the specific [[pairing]]s of the [[base]]s in [[DNA]] and [[RNA]].
3. {{lb|en|physics}} 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. {{lb|en|obsolete}} One skilled in [[compliment]]s.
3. An angle which adds with another to equal ninety degrees.

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