COMPLEMENTARITY

complementarity

(noun) the interrelation of reciprocity whereby one thing supplements or depends on the other; “the complementarity of the sexes”

complementarity

(noun) a relation between two opposite states or principles that together exhaust the possibilities

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

complementarity (countable and uncountable, plural complementarities)

The state or characteristic of being complementary.

(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.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

4 April 2025

GUILLOTINE

(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”


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Coffee Trivia

The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.

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