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complementarity
noun com·ple·men·tar·i·ty \ˌkäm-plə-(ˌ)men-ˈter-ə-tē, -mən-, -ˈta-rə-\
Definition of COMPLEMENTARITY
1
: the quality or state of being complementary
2
: the complementary relationship of theories explaining the nature of light or other quantized radiation in terms of both electromagnetic waves and particles
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First Known Use of COMPLEMENTARITY
1911
Rhymes with COMPLEMENTARITY
Medical Dictionary
complementarity
noun com·ple·men·tar·i·ty \ˌkäm-plə-(ˌ)men-ˈtar-ət-ē, -mən-\
plural com·ple·men·tar·i·ties
Medical Definition of COMPLEMENTARITY
: correspondence in reverse of part of one molecule to part of another: as a : the arrangement of chemical groups and electric charges that enables a combining group of an antibody to combine with a specific determinant group of an antigen or hapten b : the correspondence between strands or nucleotides of DNA or sometimes RNA that permits their precise pairing <evolution of the contemporary genetic code involving purine-pyrimidine complementarity—Struther Arnott & P. J. Bond>
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