complementary
Prononciation : [ˌkɒmplɪˈmɛntəri]
Mot
Contexte : « similarity »
(adjective) when two things work well together because they are different but still help each other. Like peanut butter and jelly; they taste great together but are different from each other.
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The colors in the painting are complementary, making it look bright and cheerful.
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The ideas presented were not complementary; they clashed and confused everyone.
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Can you think of any complementary flavors that taste great together?
Contexte : « mathematics »
(adjective) describing two angles that add up to make a right angle. If you have one angle that is 30 degrees, its complementary angle is 60 degrees.
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In a right triangle, the two non-right angles are always complementary.
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The angles I measured were not complementary since they did not add up to 90 degrees.
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What are the complementary angles of a 45-degree angle?
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