supplementary, complementary
- supplementary, complementary
Supplementary, an adjective, refers to something added in order to complete something else, to make up a deficiency, to extend or strengthen an object, item, or idea: "A food allowance was supplementary to his weekly pay." "He took vitamins as a supplementary part of his diet." Complementary is closely related to supplementary in meaning but emphasizes not so much addition as it does completion or an essential addition: "In winning basketball, offense and defense are complementary." "In everyone's life, food and sleep are complementary." "As a scholar, Professor Auray insists that reading plays a complementary role in his life."
Dictionary of problem words and expressions.
Harry Shaw.
1975.
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complementary — See supplementary. See supplementary, complementary … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
supplementary — See supplementary, complementary … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
complementary education — supplementary schooling … English contemporary dictionary
Complementary angles — A pair of complementary angles, because their measures add up to 90 degrees In geometry, complementary angles are angles whose measures sum to 90°. If the two complementary angles are adjacent (i.e. have a common vertex and share just one side)… … Wikipedia
complementary angle — Math. either of two angles that added together produce an angle of 90°. Cf. supplementary angle. * * * ˌcomplementary ˈangle [complementary angle] noun (geometry) either of two angles which together make 90° … Useful english dictionary
supplementary angle — Math. either of two angles that added together produce an angle of 180°. Cf. complementary angle. [1830 40] * * * suppleˌmentary ˈangle 7 [supplementary angle] noun (mathematics) either of two angles which together make 180° … Useful english dictionary
Supplementary angles — A pair of angles is supplementary if their measurements add up to 180 degrees. If the two supplementary angles are adjacent (i.e. have a common vertex and share a side, but do not have any interior points in common) their non shared sides form a… … Wikipedia
supplementary feedingstuff — pašaro papildas statusas Aprobuotas sritis pašarai apibrėžtis Pašaro mišinys, turintis daug tam tikrų medžiagų, naudojamas gyvūnų paros daviniui papildyti, derinant su kitais pašarais. atitikmenys: angl. complementary feedingstuff; supplementary… … Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)
complementary feedingstuff — pašaro papildas statusas Aprobuotas sritis pašarai apibrėžtis Pašaro mišinys, turintis daug tam tikrų medžiagų, naudojamas gyvūnų paros daviniui papildyti, derinant su kitais pašarais. atitikmenys: angl. complementary feedingstuff; supplementary… … Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)
complementary angle — Math. either of two angles that added together produce an angle of 90°. Cf. supplementary angle. * * * … Universalium
