English Dictionary
◊ COMPLEMENTARY
complementary
adj 1: acting as or providing a complement (something that
completes the whole) [syn: {complemental}, {completing}]
2: of words so related that each is the negation of the other;
"`male' and `female' are complementary terms"
3: of or relating to or suggestive of complementation;
"interchangeable electric outlets" [syn: {interchangeable}]
English Computing Dictionary
◊ DID YOU MEAN COMPLEMENT?
complement
The other value or values in the set of possible
values.
See {logical complement}, {bitwise complement}, {set
complement}.
(1995-01-24)