English Explanatory Dictionary

complementarity

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The state or characteristic of being complementary.
  2. 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.
  3. The idea that physical phenomena may have (mutually contradictory) properties that cannot be observed simultaneously (e.g. wave-particle duality).

Pronunciation

/ˌkɒmpləmɛnˈtæɹɪti/ /ˌkɒmpləmɛnˈtɛəɹɪti/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-complementarity.wav

Word forms

complementarity complementarities

Etymology

From complementary + -ity.

Derived words

noncomplementarity
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