complementary
/ˌkɑmpləˈmɛntəri/
adjective
- Combining in such a way as to enhance or emphasize the qualities of each other or another thing.
- The restaurant offers a complementary glass of wine with every dinner entree.
- Their skills are complementary; she is good at planning, and he is good at executing.
- The two colors are complementary and look great together in the painting.
- (of two angles) summing to 90 degrees.
- In a right triangle, the two acute angles are complementary.
- The teacher asked the students to find the complementary angle of 45 degrees.
- If one angle is 30 degrees, its complementary angle is 60 degrees.
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noun
- A thing that completes or brings to perfection.
- The side dish was a tasty complementary to the main course.
- Her calm demeanor is a good complementary to his energetic personality.
- The new software is a perfect complementary to the existing system.