Complementary - Definition

complementary

adj 1: of words or propositions so related that each is the
negation of the other; "`male' and `female' are
complementary terms"
2: acting as or providing a complement (something that completes
the whole) [syn: complemental, complementary,
completing]
n 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); "yellow and blue are complementaries" [syn:
complementary color, complementary]

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