Supplementaryadjective
Additional; added to supply what is wanted.
Complementaryadjective
Acting as a complement; making up a whole with something else.
Supplementarynoun
Something additional; an extra.
Complementaryadjective
(genetics) Of the specific pairings of the bases in DNA and RNA.
Supplementaryadjective
added to complete or make up a deficiency;
âproduced supplementary volumesâ; âadditional readingâ;
Complementaryadjective
(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.)
Supplementaryadjective
functioning in a subsidiary or supporting capacity;
âthe main library and its auxiliary branchesâ;
Complementarynoun
A complementary colour.
Supplementaryadjective
completing or enhancing something
âthe development of databases supplementary to existing onesâ; âthe programme offers supplementary information about the newsâ;
Complementarynoun
(obsolete) One skilled in compliments.
Supplementarynoun
a supplementary person or thing.
Complementarynoun
An angle which adds with another to equal 90 degrees.
Supplementarynoun
a question asked in parliament following the answer to a tabled one.
Complementaryadjective
Serving to fill out or to complete; as, complementary numbers.
Complementarynoun
One skilled in compliments.
Complementarynoun
either one of two chromatic colors that when mixed together give white (in the case of lights) or gray (in the case of pigments);
âyellow and blue are complementariesâ;
Complementaryadjective
acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole)
Complementaryadjective
of words or propositions so related that each is the negation of the other;
â`male' and `female' are complementary termsâ;
Complementaryadjective
of or relating to or suggestive of complementation;
âinterchangeable electric outletsâ;