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Definition of Complementarity

1. Noun. A relation between two opposite states or principles that together exhaust the possibilities.

2. Noun. The interrelation of reciprocity whereby one thing supplements or depends on the other. "The complementarity of the sexes"

Definition of Complementarity

1. Noun. The state of being complementary ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Complementarity

1. [n -TIES]

Medical Definition of Complementarity

1. 1. The degree of base-pairing (A opposite U or T, G opposite C) between two sequences of DNA and/or RNA molecules. 2. The degree of affinity, or fit, of antigen and antibody combining sites. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Complementarity

complement inactivators complement membrane attack complex complement system complement unit complemental complemental air complementall complementalness complementarian complementarianism

complementarians complementaries complementarily complementariness complementarities complementarity (current term) complementarity determining regions complementary complementary DNA complementary DNA cloning

complementary DNA library complementary air complementary angles complementary antonym complementary base pairing complementary base pairs complementary color complementary colour complementary colours complementary distribution

Literary usage of Complementarity

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Paradoxes of Free Will by Gunther Siegmund Stent (2002)
"Apx Aq > h/2n complementarity. It had not escaped Bohr's notice that the parade of counterintuitive findings that turned up in the development of the ..."

2. Roadside Noise Abatement by OECD Staff (1995)
"Here, it is possible to benefit from the excellent complementarity of screens and low-noise ... Naturally, for a "U" road, the complementarity disappears, ..."

3. Justice in the Balance: Recommendations for an Independent and Effective by Human Rights Watch, Helen Duffy, Human Rights Watch (Organization) (1998)
"THE complementarity TEST Article 15[11] • Recommendation: A case should be inadmissible before the ICC where it is being or has been investigated or ..."

4. Germany by OECD Staff (2005)
"Ensuring policy balance, coherence and complementarity A major challenge for policy is to find an appropriate balance between measures to remove supply-side ..."

5. Convex Optimization & Euclidean Distance Geometry by Jon Dattorro (2005)
"6.1.1 Maximal complementarity It has been shown that contemporary interior-point ... programs can converge to a solution of maximal complementarity; [110, ..."

6. Economic Report of the President of the United States, 1996 by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"... AND complementarity As a prelude to discussing the potential for complementarity between private markets and the public sector, we review the purposes ..."

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