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单词 complementarity
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complementarityn.

/ˌkɒmplɪmɛnˈtarɪti/
Etymology: < complementary adj. + -ity suffix.
A complementary relationship or situation; spec. in Physics, the capacity of the wave and particle theories of light together to explain all phenomena of a certain type, although each separately accounts for only some of the phenomena.
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analogy1533
communiona1538
correlation1561
correspondency1607
connection1613
correlativeness1727
co-relation1836
interrelation1848
interradiation1855
interconnection1856
interrelatedness1865
interrelationship1867
assonance1868
correlativity1877
complementariness1881
interlinkage1904
complementarity1911
interconnectedness1922
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complementarity1911
1911 A. Mitchell tr. H. Bergson Creative Evol. i. 54 Harmony, or rather ‘complementarity’, is revealed only in the mass.
1928 N. Bohr in Nature 14 Apr. (Suppl.) 580/2 In the description of atomic phenomena, the quantum postulate presents us with the task of developing a ‘complementarity’ theory the consistency of which can be judged only by weighing the possibilities of definition and observation.
1928 N. Bohr in Nature 14 Apr. (Suppl.) 587/1 We meet here with a complementarity of the possibilities of definition quite analogous to that which we have considered..in connexion with the properties of light and free material particles.
1937 Mind 46 522 There may..be a complementarity which gives rise to indeterminacy in our descriptions of our own minds.
1953 C. E. Bazell Ling. Form iv. 46 A totally different distribution (amounting almost to complementarity) of units similarly analysed is impermissible.
1953 F. Vreede Living Hindu Philos. iv. 27 The opposition of purusha to prakriti represents the complementarity of two universal aspects of reality: ‘essence’ and ‘substance’.
1955 O. Klein in W. Pauli Niels Bohr & Devel. Physics 96 From the two main physical theories of this century, relativity theory and quantum theory, two general viewpoints have emerged, that of relativity and that of complementarity.
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