complementary - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'complementary' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Complementary

[ a.]

- Serving to fill out or to complete; as, complementary numbers.

2 . Complementary

[ n.]

- One skilled in compliments.

1 . complementary

[ n]

Meaning (1):
- either one of two chromatic colors that when mixed together give white (in the case of lights) or grey (in the case of pigments)

Example in sentence:

2 . complementary

[ s]

Meaning (2):
- of words or propositions so related that each is the negation of the other

Example in sentence:

com- coma comanches comart comate comatose comatous comatula comatulid comb

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