Complementary
[kɒmplɪ'ment(ə)rɪ] or ['kɑmplə'mɛntri]
Definition
(adj.) of words or propositions so related that each is the negation of the other; '`male' and `female' are complementary terms' .
Checker: Osbert--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Serving to fill out or to complete; as, complementary numbers.
(n.) One skilled in compliments.
Checker: Lorenzo
Examples
- It was curious how their knowledge was complementary, that of each to that of the other. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Kepler's genius was complementary to that of his predecessor. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The Complementary Nature of History and Geography. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
Editor: Milton