Used in a Sentence

complementation

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for complementation.

Editorial note

And if you also want to deal with complementation, then a second method `fn negate(self) -> Self` is necessary.

Examples14
Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

(grammar) The relationship of a phrase to its predicate

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of complementation gathered in one view.

noun

(grammar) The relationship of a phrase to its predicate

noun

(genetics) The interaction between two genetic units such that an organism can function normally if either one is defective

noun

(mathematics) The replacement of a set by its complement

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for complementation.

noun

(grammar) The relationship of a phrase to its predicate

noun

(genetics) The interaction between two genetic units such that an organism can function normally if either one is defective

noun

(mathematics) The replacement of a set by its complement

Example sentences

1

And if you also want to deal with complementation, then a second method `fn negate(self) -> Self` is necessary.

2

Another more interesting objection was to the complementation of the text that was used (as today) to indicate a selection.

3

To show that regular languages are closed under intersection / complementation / string reversal, you need to do a proof.

4

The combination and complementation of fast thinking and slow thinking can enable large models to solve problems more intelligently and efficiently.

5

The original Antimirov derivatives don't support complementation and similar, but there are extensions that do.

6

Because of that symmetric relationship with complementation, I suspect there is a conceptual proof waiting to be found.

7

That’s a well said example and actually very easy to establish formally by complementation.

8

It doesn't use any sort of complementation.

9

It cannot be powered on and off on short notice, which would be useful for complementation of solar and wind that have high power output, but also sudden slumps.

10

Popular science and good self help is interesting but the best ones for a quiet state of complementation are thoughtful interviews, biographies and story driven intellectual books (Yuval Noah Harari is particularly excellent).

11

(Or a boolean algebra if you care about negation/complementation).

12

But when we introduce element complementation, there's another operation that becomes natural and is in fact so widely used in programming that Golang has an infix operator for it: abjunction, &^.

Quote examples

1

By the way, 3 and 4 are pretty much the same in Lean, assuming you define "R\{0}" using complementation rather that somehow defining the nonzero reals from scratch.

2

One reason for this is pointed out in [1]: "Unlike early Chinese and Egyptian writing, there is only sporadic evidence for phonetic complementation, which is used more frequently in later phases of the writing system" (p35).

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use complementation in a sentence?

And if you also want to deal with complementation, then a second method `fn negate(self) -> Self` is necessary.

What does complementation mean?

(grammar) The relationship of a phrase to its predicate

What part of speech is complementation?

complementation is commonly used as noun.