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complementary
adjective
noun
Acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole)
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adjective
Acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole)
adjective
Of words or propositions so related that each is the negation of the other
“‘male’ and ‘female’ are complementary terms”
noun
Either one of two chromatic colors that when mixed together give white (in the case of lights) or grey (in the case of pigments)
“Yellow and blue are complementaries”
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‘male’ and ‘female’ are complementary terms
Yellow and blue are complementaries
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