complementary
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com·ple·men·ta·ry
(kŏm'plə-mĕn'tə-rē, -trē) 
adj.
complementariness com'ple·men'ta·ri·ness n.
adj.
- Forming or serving as a complement; completing.
- Supplying mutual needs or offsetting mutual lacks.
- Genetics. Of or relating to a group of genes that act in concert to produce a specific phenotype.
- Biochemistry. Of or relating to the specific pairing of the purines and pyrimidines between strands of a DNA or an RNA molecule.
complementariness com'ple·men'ta·ri·ness n.
Roget's Thesaurus:
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complementary
adjective
- Forming or serving as a complement: complemental, supplemental. See agree/disagree, part/whole.
Antonyms by Answers.com:
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complementary
adj
Definition: companion
Antonyms: independent, unrelated
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complementary
IN BRIEF: Serving to make whole.
The champagne was complementary to the delicious lobster dinner.
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Complementary
Dansk (Danish)
adj. - komplementær, supplerende
Nederlands (Dutch)
complementair, aanvullend
Français (French)
adj. - complémentaire
Deutsch (German)
adj. - Komplementär-, ergänzend
Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - συμπληρωματικός
Italiano (Italian)
complementare
Português (Portuguese)
adj. - complementar
Русский (Russian)
дополнительный
Español (Spanish)
adj. - complementario
Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - komplement-, fyllnads-
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
补充的, 补足的
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 補充的, 補足的
한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 보충하는 , 상보적인
日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 補足する, 互いに補足し合う, 補足的な
العربيه (Arabic)
(صفه) متمم, مكمل, تكميلي
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