Complementarity

Definition: Complementarity

Complementarity

Noun

1. A relation between two opposite states or principles that together exhaust the possibilities.

2. The interrelation of reciprocity whereby one thing supplements or depends on the other; "the complementarity of the sexes".

Specialty Definition: Complementarity

Commercial Usage: Complementarity

Domain	Title
Books	Andean Ecology and Civilization: An Interdisciplinary Perspective on Andean Ecological Complementarity (Papers from Wenner-Grenn Foundation, No 91) (reference) Chinese Japanese Relations in the 21st Century: Complementarity and Conflict (European Institute of Japanese Studies, East Asian Economics and Business) (reference) Complementarity in Mathematics: A First Introduction to the Foundation of Mathematics and Its History (Mathematics and Its Applications, 1) (reference) Complementarity in Trade and Production: Intra-South Potentials (Indo-Dutch Studies on Development Alternatives, No 15) (reference) Finite-Dimensional Variational Inequalities and Complementarity Problems (Springer Series in Operations Research) (reference) (more book examples)
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Non-Fiction Usage: Complementarity

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Within virions, the genomic RNAs of hantaviruses are thought to complex with the N protein to form helical nucleocapsids, which circularize due to sequence complementarity between the 5' and 3' terminal sequences of each genomic segment. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Usage Frequency: Complementarity

"Complementarity" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Complementarity" is used about 41 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)

Expressions: Complementarity

Expression using "complementarity": Complementarity Determining Regions. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "complementarity": complementarity-determining.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Complementarity

Modern Translation: Complementarity

Language		Translations for "complementarity"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		�'补性. (various references)

Danish		komplementaritet. (various references)

Dutch		complementariteit. (various references)

Finnish		komplementaarisuus. (various references)

French		complémentarité. (various references)

German		Komplementarität. (various references)

Greek		συμπληρωματικότητα (complementation), συμπλήρωσις. (various references)

Italian		complementarit� , complementariet� . (various references)

Japanese Kanji		相補性原理 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		そうほせい�'�"り. (various references)

Korean		상보성. (various references)

Pig Latin		omplementaritycay

Portuguese		complementaridade. (various references)

Spanish		complementariedad. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Complementarity

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-i-l-m-m-n-o-p-r-t-t-y"
	-2 letters: complementary, complimentary.
	-3 letters: pinealectomy.
	-4 letters: actinometer, actinometry, amylopectin, centripetal, compartment, competently, contemplate, implementor, importantly, interpolate, metonymical, momentarily, recommittal, temporality.
	-5 letters: anemometry, antemortem, centrality, ceremonial, clinometer, colemanite, commentary, commentate, complainer, complement, compliment, contritely, employment, epicentral, impalement, impartment, importance, importancy, impotently, incomplete, lectionary, manometric, marionette, matronymic, melanocyte, mercantile, monetarily, patronymic, peritoneal, permeation, planimeter, plyometric, portamenti, pratincole.
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Domain	Definition
European Union	Community operations shall be such as to complement or contribute to corresponding national operations. Source: European Union. (references)
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Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	41	53,521

Complementarity

Definition: Complementarity