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Complementation

Definition: Complementation

Complementation

Noun

1. The grammatical relation of a word or phrase to a predicate.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definition: Complementation

DomainDefinition

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.

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Crosswords: Complementation

English words defined with "complementation": complementaryinterchangeable. (references)
Specialty definitions using "complementation": complementorGenetic Complementation TestLandscape supplementation. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Complementation

DomainTitle

Books

  • Complementation in Middle English and the methodology of historical syntax : a study of the Wyclifite sermons (reference)

  • Diachronic Studies of English Complementation Patterns (reference)

  • Grammar of Korean Complementation (Occasional Paper, No 11) (reference)

  • Semantics and syntax in complementation (reference)

  • Sentential Complementation and the Lexicon: Studies in Honour of Wim De Geest (Linguistic Models, 13) (reference)

    (more book examples)

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Usage Frequency: Complementation

"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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%8124,375

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Complementation

Expression using "complementation": Genetic Complementation Test. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Complementation

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

   

Portuguese

  

actividade de complemento. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

комплементация, образование дополнения. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

complementación (complementing). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

komplementering (complementing). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Complementation

Derivations

Words beginning with "complementation": complementations. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Complementation

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

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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