"complementarity" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌkɒmpləmɛnˈtæɹɪti/, /ˌkɒmpləmɛnˈtɛəɹɪti/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-complementarity.wav [US] Forms: complementarities [plural]
Etymology: complementary + -ity. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|complementary|ity}} complementary + -ity Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} complementarity (countable and uncountable, plural complementarities)
  1. The state or characteristic of being complementary. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (state of being complementary): узаемазамяняльнасць (uzajemazamjanjalʹnascʹ) [feminine] (Belarusian), complementariteit [feminine] (Dutch), täydentävyys (Finnish), komplementaarisuus (Finnish), complémentarité [feminine] (French), complementarità [feminine] (Italian), komplementarność [feminine] (Polish), complementaritate [feminine] (Romanian), взаимозаменя́емость (vzaimozamenjájemostʹ) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-complementarity-en-noun-Sz7YI0Tq Disambiguation of 'state of being complementary': 81 19
  2. (linguistics, philosophy, semantics) A semantic relationship between two words wherein negative use of one entails the affirmative of the other with no gradability; the relation of binary antonyms. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Linguistics, Philosophy, Semantics
    Sense id: en-complementarity-en-noun-cq6jT2HY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ity Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 92 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ity: 8 92 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, philosophy, sciences, semantics

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