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Definition of: complementary
(kom′plə·men′tər·ē, -trē) adjective
1. Serving as a complement; helping to constitute a whole or to supply a lack; completing complemental.
2. Mutually providing each other's needs.
3. Geom. Furnishing the complement of another: see COMPLEMENTARY ANGLE under ANGLE.
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