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complementary

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  1. 1. a. Serving to fill out or to complete; as, complementary numbers. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. One skilled in compliments. Source: opted
  3. 3. adj. of words or propositions so related that each is the negation of the other Source: wordnet
  4. 4. adj. acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole) Source: wordnet
  5. 5. n. either one of two chromatic colors that when mixed together give white (in the case of lights) or grey (in the case of pigments) Source: wordnet
  6. 6. Serving to fill out or to complete; as, complementary numbers. Complementary colors. See under Color. -- Complementary angles (Math.), two angles whose sum is 90°. One skilled in compliments. [Obs.] B. Jonson. Source: webster
  7. 7. Serving to fill out or to complete; as, complementary numbers.Complementary colors. See under Color.-- Complementary angles (Math.), two angles whose sum is 90°. Source: adambom
  8. 8. j:100 s. of words or propositions so related that each is the negation of the other Source: ecdict

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