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How to pronounce “complementary”
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Pronunciation guide for complementary
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of complementary with real speech in context.
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- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Hal C. Lewis & David Margulies
that fragments of molecules with complementary sequences,
- Definition summary
- Acting as a complement; making up a whole with something else.
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How to pronounce complementary
Hal C. Lewis & David Margulies
that fragments of molecules with complementary sequences,
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “complementary”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- Acting as a complement; making up a whole with something else.
- (genetics) Of the specific pairings of the bases in DNA and RNA.
- (physics) Pertaining to pairs of properties in quantum mechanics that are inversely related to each other, such as speed and position, or energy and time. (See also Heisenberg uncertainty principle.)
- [Noun]
- A complementary colour.
- (obsolete) One skilled in compliments.
- An angle which adds with another to equal 90 degrees.
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