Complementary Definition & Meaning

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Complementary

Complementary Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Complementary? [n] either one of two chromatic colors that when mixed together give white (in the case of lights) or gray (in the case of pigments); "yellow and blue are complementaries" [adj] acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole) [adj] of or relating to or suggestive of complementation; "interchangeable electric outlets" [adj] of words so related that each is the negation of the other; "`male' and `female' are complementary terms" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Complementary: antonymous \| complemental \| complementary color \| completing \| inessential \| interchangeable \| reciprocal \| unessential Related Terms \| Find terms related to Complementary: analogous \| answering \| coequal \| complemental \| completing \| completive \| completory \| consummative \| consummatory \| correspondent \| corresponding \| culminative \| equipollent \| equivalent \| filling \| fulfilling \| homologous \| perfective \| reciprocal \| reciprocative \| tantamount See Also \| chromatic color \| chromatic colour \| spectral color \| spectral colour Complementary In Webster's Dictionary \Com`plemen"tary\, a. Serving to fill out or to complete; as, complementary numbers. {Complementary colors}. See under {Color}. {Complementary angles} (Math.), two angles whose sum is 90[deg]. \Com`plemen"tary\, n. [See {Complimentary}.] One skilled in compliments. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.

Complementary Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Complementary?

[n] either one of two chromatic colors that when mixed together give white (in the case of lights) or gray (in the case of pigments); "yellow and blue are complementaries"
[adj] acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole)
[adj] of or relating to or suggestive of complementation; "interchangeable electric outlets"
[adj] of words so related that each is the negation of the other; "`male' and `female' are complementary terms"

Complementary In Webster's Dictionary

\Com`ple*men"ta*ry\, a.
Serving to fill out or to complete; as, complementary
numbers.

{Complementary colors}. See under {Color}.

{Complementary angles} (Math.), two angles whose sum is
   90[deg].


\Com`ple*men"ta*ry\, n. [See {Complimentary}.]
One skilled in compliments. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.

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