complementation

English

Noun

complementation (countable and uncountable, plural complementations)

1. (mathematics) The replacement of a set by its complement
2. (genetics) The interaction between two genetic units such that an organism can function normally if either one is defective
3. (grammar) The relationship of a phrase to its predicate

Derived terms

• complementational
• complon
• decomplementation
• hemicomplementation
• intercomplementation
• noncomplementation
• orthocomplementation
• recomplementation
• transcomplementation