complementation
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- noun
- /ˌkɒmplɪmɛnˈteɪʃən/
- Specialized
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complementación
- Understanding complementation is essential for grasping how sentences convey complete thoughts.
- complementation tests
- quantitative complementation
Examples
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So we're able to make a complementation table.
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And we've done a complementation, just a teeny little complementation for one gene.
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A popular approach for the study of gene function is mutant complementation, which involves transformation of mutants with the wild alleles.
Blog text (27) -
Therefore, the combined consumption of beans and cereals can ensure a balanced protein diet due to the nutritional complementation of essential amino acids (Tang et al., 2009).
Academic text (2014) -
Due to this nutritional complementation, red kidney beans can be utilized as an economical source of dietary proteins, especially for people in low-income groups in developing countries (Yin et al., 2010).
Academic text (2014) -
In English grammar, complementation occurs when a word or phrase completes the meaning of a predicate in a sentence.
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The student learned how to analyze complementation in different sentence structures during the language class.
Surface Forms
Morphology
complementation = complement (transparent) = complement + ation
Standard nominalization of the verb 'complement' with '-ation' yielding 'the act or process of complementing', so the formation is directly derivable.
Etymology
Complementation comes from Latin parts com- ('with') and plere ('to fill'), the same root as complete. So in grammar, complementation is about the words that 'fill out' a verb's meaning and make the sentence complete.