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explementary

explementary adjective: of or relating to the explement.

Adjective

explementary (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to the explement
    • Two angles whose sum is a circle (360°) are explementary angles, and either is the explement of the other.2002, Nathaniel Bowditch, American Practical Navigator, page 317

Origin of explementary

From explement + -ary.

Words formed from explementary

Questions about explementary

What does explementary mean?
Explementary means of or relating to the explement.
What part of speech is explementary?
Explementary is an adjective.

Words near explementary in the dictionary

  1. explaterated
  2. explaterates
  3. explaterating
  4. explement
  5. explemental
  6. explementary
  7. explementary angles
  8. explements
  9. explete
  10. expletion
  11. expletive

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