complemental

American  

[kom-pluh-men-tl] / ˌkɒm pləˈmɛn tl /

adjective

1. complementary; completing.

2. Obsolete.

   1. accomplished.

   2. ceremonious.

   3. complimentary.

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Other Word Forms

• complementally adverb
• uncomplemental adjective
• uncomplementally adverb

Etymology

Origin of complemental

First recorded in 1595–1605; complement + -al ¹

Example Sentences

It is a well-known optical fact that the color of shadow is complemental to that of light: and that therefore, in general terms, warm light has cool shadow, and cool light hot shadow.

From On the Old Road Vol. 1 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature by Ruskin, John

No; the response must be in kind to be truly complemental.

From Between the Dark and the Daylight by Howells, William Dean

It is easy to see that intellectually, as well as physically, men and women are complemental, and when the conclusions arrived at are identical they become confirmatory of each other.

From What a Young Husband Ought to Know by Stall, Sylvanus

The large relative size of the rostrum in the complemental male both of this species and of S. Peronii, is a remarkable character, which I can in no way account for.

From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles

Adj. reciprocal, mutual, commutual†, correlative, reciprocative, interrelated, closely related; alternate; interchangeable; interdependent; international; complemental, complementary.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark