Meaning

3 senses
  1. A complementary colour.

    Komplementär, Ergänzung

  2. An angle which adds with another to equal ninety degrees.

  3. (obsolete)One skilled in compliments.

More definitions
  • either one of two chromatic colors that when mixed together give white (in the case of lights) or grey (in the case of pigments)

Examples

10 sentences
  1. Television and newspapers play complementary roles.

    ruТелевидение и газеты играют взаимодополняющие роли. — odexed

    deFernsehen und Zeitungen ergänzen sich gegenseitig. — Yorwba

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  2. Are complementary therapies safe during pregnancy?

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  3. It is likely that these two consonants are in complementary distribution.

    deDiese beiden Konsonanten befinden sich wahrscheinlich in komplementärer Distribution. — Yorwba

  4. The Yin and the Yang are complementary rather than opposite forces.

    Їнь та Ян - взаємодоповнюючі, а не протидійні сили. — shanghainese

    ruИнь и Ян - скорее дополняющие друг друга, чем противоположные силы. — Selena777

    deYing und Yang sind eher einander ergänzende als entgegengesetzte Kräfte. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. Complementary colors contrast the most with each other.

    deKomplementärfarben stehen zueinander in Kontrast. — Mandalay

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Translations

2 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a complementary (i.e. colour or angle):

Origin

From complement + -ary. Piecewise doublet of complimentary.

From complement + -ary. Piecewise doublet of complimentary.

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Forms

plural: complementaries
Singularcomplementary
Pluralcomplementaries

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • either one of two chromatic colors that when mixed together give white (in the case of lights) or grey (in the case of pigments):complementary color

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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