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COMPLEMENTAL

\kˌɒmplɪmˈɛntə͡l], \kˌɒmplɪmˈɛntə‍l], \k_ˌɒ_m_p_l_ɪ_m_ˈɛ_n_t_əl]\

Definitions of COMPLEMENTAL

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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Supplying, or tending to supply, a deficiency; fully completing.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Needed to complete; supplying a deficiency.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

Completing; additional; accessory. complementary.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

Filling up, supplying a deficiency, supplying the part of another. See complemental colors under color. [Lat.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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