Pertaining to pairs of properties in quantum mechanics that are inversely related to each other, such as speed & position and energy & time. (See also Heisenberg uncertainty principle.)
A family of BSUs designed around agreed BSUs definitions, the larger areas being the sum of a number of smaller areas etc
A term describing ICs that employ components of both polarity types connected in such a way that operation of either is complemented A complementary bipolar circuit employs both NPN and PNP transistors A complementary CMOS circuit (CMOS) employs both n-channel and p-channel devices
Complementary things are different from each other but make a good combination. To improve the quality of life through work, two complementary strategies are necessary He has done experiments complementary to those of Eigen. + complementarity com·ple·men·ta·rity the complementarity between public and private authorities
Complementary medicine refers to ways of treating patients which are different from the ones used by most Western doctors, for example acupuncture and homoeopathy. combining orthodox treatment with a wide range of complementary therapies. = alternative orthodox, conventional
of or relating to or suggestive of complementation; "interchangeable electric outlets" of words or propositions so related that each is the negation of the other; "`male' and `female' are complementary terms
of words or propositions so related that each is the negation of the other; "`male' and `female' are complementary terms
of words or propositions so related that each is the negation of the other; "`male' and `female' are complementary terms"
In reference to base pairing, the ability of two polynucleotide sequences to form a double-stranded helix by hydrogen bonding between bases in the two sequences
Complementary is the term for two identical periodic signals where one signal is electrically inverted from the other Example of singlechannel electrically inverted Complementary signals are typically generated by inversion of the electrical output from a single channel
either one of two chromatic colors that when mixed together give white (in the case of lights) or gray (in the case of pigments); "yellow and blue are complementaries"