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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a relation between two opposite states or principles that together exhaust the possibilities;

2. the interrelation of reciprocity whereby one thing supplements or depends on the other;
- Example: "the complementarity of the sexes"


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

complementarity n 1: a relation between two opposite states or principles that together exhaust the possibilities 2: the interrelation of reciprocity whereby one thing supplements or depends on the other; "the complementarity of the sexes"