See Also: Complementation(medicine)
complementation(dictionary)
genetic complementation(medicine)
intergenic complementation(medicine)
intragenic complementation(medicine)
complementation-fixation test(medicine)
genetic complementation test(medicine)

complementation (iou)



complementation noun. M20.
[from COMPLEMENT verb, noun + -ATION.]
Grammar. Complementary distribution. Also, addition of a word, phrase, or clause as a complement. M20.
Genetics. The phenomenon by which the effects of two different non-allelic mutations in a gene are partly or entirely cancelled out when they occur together. M20.
Math. & Computing. The action of finding the complement of a numerical quantity. M20.
The action of doing something that is complementary to something else. L20.