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Definition: Complementation |
ComplementationNoun1. The grammatical relation of a word or phrase to a predicate. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Aerospace | In Boolean algebra, an operation in which items are described by stating that they do not belong to a particular class or classes. See NOT circuit. (references) |
Computing | The process of obtaining a representation of a number of equal magnitude and opposite sign to a given number. Source: European Union. (references) |
Medicine | The production of a wild-type phenotype when two different mutations are combined in a diploid or a heterokaryon and tested in trans-configuration. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Complementation |
| English words defined with "complementation": complementary ♦ interchangeable. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "complementation": complementor ♦ Genetic Complementation Test ♦ Landscape supplementation. (references) |
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| "Complementation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Complementation" is used about 8 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 8 | 124,375 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "complementation": Genetic Complementation Test. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "complementation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | opnåelse af komplementtal, komplementering (complementing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | complementeren (complementing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | vastaluvun määritys, komplementointi (complementing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | complémentation (complementing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Komplementierung, Komplementbildung (complementing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | συμπληρωματικότητα (complementarity), συμπλήρωση (completion, consummation, supplementation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | complementazione (complementing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 相補性 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | そうほせい. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | omplementationcay actividade de complemento. (various references) комплементация, образование дополнения. (various references) complementación (complementing). (various references) komplementering (complementing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "complementation": complementations. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-i-l-m-m-n-n-o-o-p-t-t" | |
-2 letters: contemplation, omnicompetent. | |
-3 letters: componential, noncommittal. | |
-4 letters: cementation, contemplate, incompetent, omnipotence. | |
-5 letters: antilepton, colemanite, commentate, complement, completion, compliment, encampment, entailment, impalement, incomplete, malcontent, nonoptimal, omnipotent, pentatonic, teleonomic. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-i-l-m-m-n-n-o-o-p-t-t" | |
+1 letter: complementations. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Expressions 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Anagrams | 9. Bibliography |
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