complementation

[ kom-pluh-muhn-tey-shuhn ]

/ ˌkɒm plə mənˈteɪ ʃən /

noun

complementary distribution.

Genetics. the occurrence of a wild-type phenotype when two closely related, interacting mutant genes are expressed in the same cell.

Grammar.

complement (def. 6).
the use of grammatical complements.

cooperation in lowering tariffs to permit the movement of components among different countries when it is more profitable for each country to produce parts of a product than the whole.

Origin of complementation

First recorded in 1935–40; complement + -ation

Words nearby complementation

complementary gene, complementary hypertrophy, complementary medicine, complementary strand, complementary wavelength, complementation, complement binding assay, complement clause, complemented, complement fixation, complement-fixation test

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Example sentences from the Web for complementation

Contradictions must be annulled by complementation, with resultant increasing coherence in ascending stages.
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British Dictionary definitions for complementation

complementation

/ (ˌkɒmplɪmɛnˈteɪʃən) /

noun

the act or process of forming a complement

genetics the combination of two homologous chromosomes, each with a different recessive mutant gene, in a single cell to produce a normal phenotype. The deficiency of one homologue is supplied by the normal allele of the other

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Medical definitions for complementation

complementation

[ kŏm′plə-mən-tā′shən, -mĕn- ]

n.

Functional interaction between two defective viruses permitting replication under conditions inhibitory to the single virus.

Interaction between two genetic units, one or both of which are defective, permitting the organism containing these units to function normally, whereas it could not do so if one unit were absent.

单词	complementation
释义	complementation [ kom-pluh-muhn-tey-shuhn ] / ˌkɒm plə mənˈteɪ ʃən / noun complementary distribution. Genetics. the occurrence of a wild-type phenotype when two closely related, interacting mutant genes are expressed in the same cell. Grammar. complement (def. 6). the use of grammatical complements. cooperation in lowering tariffs to permit the movement of components among different countries when it is more profitable for each country to produce parts of a product than the whole. Origin of complementation First recorded in 1935–40; complement + -ation Words nearby complementation complementary gene, complementary hypertrophy, complementary medicine, complementary strand, complementary wavelength, complementation, complement binding assay, complement clause, complemented, complement fixation, complement-fixation test Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for complementation Contradictions must be annulled by complementation, with resultant increasing coherence in ascending stages. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 8\|Various British Dictionary definitions for complementation complementation / (ˌkɒmplɪmɛnˈteɪʃən) / noun the act or process of forming a complement genetics the combination of two homologous chromosomes, each with a different recessive mutant gene, in a single cell to produce a normal phenotype. The deficiency of one homologue is supplied by the normal allele of the other Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Medical definitions for complementation complementation [ kŏm′plə-mən-tā′shən, -mĕn- ] n. Functional interaction between two defective viruses permitting replication under conditions inhibitory to the single virus. Interaction between two genetic units, one or both of which are defective, permitting the organism containing these units to function normally, whereas it could not do so if one unit were absent. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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