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nouneither one of two chromatic colors that when mixed together give white (in the case of lights) or grey (in the case of pigments)
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adjectiveacting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole)
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"`male' and `female' are complementary terms"adjectiveof words or propositions so related that each is the negation of the other
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Definition that contains complementary
- match provide funds complementary to
- opposite the other one of a complementary pair
- recognition (biology) the ability of one molecule to attach to another molecule that has a complementary shape
- transcription (genetics) the organic process whereby the DNA sequence in a gene is copied into mRNA; the process whereby a base sequence of messenger RNA is synthesized on a template of complementary DNA
- correlate either of two or more related or complementary variables
- correlate bring into a mutual, complementary, or reciprocal relation
- correlative either of two or more related or complementary variables
- correlative expressing a reciprocal or complementary relation
- cdna single-stranded DNA that is complementary to messenger RNA or DNA that has been synthesized from messenger RNA by reverse transcriptase
- color circle a chart in which complementary colors (or their names) are arranged on opposite sides of a circle