COMPLEMENTARY

complementary

Noun

  1. A complementary colour.
  2. One skilled in compliments.

Adjective

  1. Acting as a complement.
  2. Of the specific pairings of the bases in DNA and RNA.
  3. 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.)


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