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complementary distributions

complementary distributions is the plural of complementary distribution.

Meaning of complementary distribution

Noun

complementary distribution (plural complementary distributions)

  1. The distribution of phones in their respective phonetic environments such that one never appears in the same phonetic context as the other.

Questions about complementary distributions

What is complementary distributions the plural of?
Complementary distributions is the plural of complementary distribution.

Words near complementary distributions in the dictionary

  1. complementary color
  2. complementary colors
  3. complementary colour
  4. complementary colours
  5. complementary distribution
  6. complementary distributions
  7. complementary DNA
  8. complementary function
  9. complementary functions
  10. complementary good
  11. complementary goods

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Adapted from Wiktionary: complementary distributions (page history and authors); complementary distribution (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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