ALL meanings of complementary
com·ple·men·ta·ry
C c - adjective complementary Complementary things are different from each other but make a good combination. 3
- adjective complementary Complementary medicine refers to ways of treating patients which are different from the ones used by most Western doctors, for example acupuncture and homoeopathy. 3
- adjective complementary acting as or forming a complement; completing 3
- adjective complementary forming a satisfactory or balanced whole 3
- adjective complementary forming a mathematical complement 3
- adjective complementary (of a pair of sets, etc) mutually exclusive and exhaustive, each being the complement of the other 3
- adjective complementary (of genes) producing an effect in association with other genes 3
- adjective complementary involving or using the treatments and techniques of complementary medicine 3
- adjective complementary acting as a complement; completing 3
- adjective complementary making up what is lacking in one another 3
- noun complementary Combining in such a way as to enhance or emphasize the qualities of each other or another. 1
- adjective complementary forming a complement; completing. 1
- adjective complementary complementing each other. 1
- noun plural complementary complementary color (def 1). 1
- abbreviation COMPLEMENTARY counterbalancing 1
- adjective complementary medicine 1
- noun complementary A complementary colour. 0
- noun complementary (Obsolete (No longer in use)) One skilled in compliments. 0
- adjective complementary Acting as a complement. 0
- adjective complementary (genetics) Of the specific pairings of the bases in DNA and RNA. 0
- adjective complementary (physics) Pertaining to pairs of properties in quantum mechanics that are inversely related to each other, such as speed and position, or energy and time. (See also Heisenberg uncertainty principle.). 0