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complementation

complementation noun: the replacement of a set by its complement.

Noun

complementation (countable and uncountable, plural complementations)

  1. The replacement of a set by its complement
  2. The interaction between two genetic units such that an organism can function normally if either one is defective
  3. The relationship of a phrase to its predicate

Forms of complementation

pluralcomplementations

Words formed from complementation

Questions about complementation

What does complementation mean?
Complementation means the replacement of a set by its complement.
What part of speech is complementation?
Complementation is a noun.
What is the plural of complementation?
The plural of complementation is complementations.

Words near complementation in the dictionary

  1. complementary medicines
  2. complementary nondeterministic polynomial
  3. complementary region
  4. complementary regions
  5. complementary studies
  6. complementation
  7. complementational
  8. complementations
  9. complemented
  10. complemented class
  11. complemented classes

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