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Phrases 22
- complementary medicineAny of several therapies that complement (augment) scientific medical practices with those of alternative medicine such as acupuncture or homeopathy.
- complementary anglesplural of complementary angle: An angle that, when added to another referenced angle, produces a right angle.
- complementary colourEither of two colours which, when mixed, produce a white or grey.
- complementary distributionThe distribution of phones in their respective phonetic environments such that one never appears in the same phonetic context as the other.
- complementary functionFor a nonhomogeneous linear differential equation a_ny⁽ⁿ⁾+a_n-1y⁽ⁿ⁻¹⁾+⋯+a_1y'+a_0y=g(x), the general solution of the associated homogenous linear differential equation a_ny⁽ⁿ⁾+a_n-1y⁽ⁿ⁻¹⁾+⋯+a_1y'+a_0y=0.
- complementary angleAn angle that, when added to another referenced angle, produces a right angle.
- complementary colorAlternative form of complementary colour: Either of two colours which, when mixed, produce a white or grey.
- complementary colorsplural of complementary color: Either of two colours which, when mixed, produce a white or grey.
- complementary coloursplural of complementary colour: Either of two colours which, when mixed, produce a white or grey.
- complementary DNADNA produced from a single-stranded RNA template in a reaction catalyzed by the enzyme reverse transcriptase.
- complementary gooda good whose appeal increases with the popularity of its complement
- complementary goodsplural of complementary good: a good whose appeal increases with the popularity of its complement
- complementary medicinesplural of complementary medicine: Any of several therapies that complement (augment) scientific medical practices with those of alternative medicine such as acupuncture or homeopathy.
- complementary antonymA term whose meaning is the complement of another term, in an either-or fashion, such as mortal in relation to immortal.
- complementary allophoneA variant pronunciations of a phoneme that occur in specific phonetic contexts and do not change the meaning of a word
- complementary distributionsplural of complementary distribution: The distribution of phones in their respective phonetic environments such that one never appears in the same phonetic context as the other.
- complementary functionsplural of complementary function: For a nonhomogeneous linear differential equation a_ny⁽ⁿ⁾+a_n-1y⁽ⁿ⁻¹⁾+⋯+a_1y'+a_0y=g(x), the general solution of the associated homogenous linear differential equation a_ny⁽ⁿ⁾+a_n-1y⁽ⁿ⁻¹⁾+⋯+a_1y'+a_0y=0.
- complementary regionA connected component of the complement in a manifold of a lamination of that manifold.
- complementary regionsplural of complementary region: A connected component of the complement in a manifold of a lamination of that manifold.
- complementary studiesA subject teaching general skills and responsibilities such as teamwork and critical thinking.
- complementary antonymsplural of complementary antonym: A term whose meaning is the complement of another term, in an either-or fashion, such as mortal in relation to immortal.
- complementary nondeterministic polynomialThe set, or property, of a problem with a yes/no answer in which the complementary yes/no problem calls for nondeterministic polynomial time.
Compound words 6
- anticomplementaryThat diminishes the action of an immunological complement
- complementarilyIn a complementary manner.
- complementarinessThe state or quality of being complementary; complementarity.
- enantiocomplementaryRelating to an enantiomer that has a complementary orientation
- intercomplementarycomplementing each other
- noncomplementaryNot complementary.