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complementary distribution
complemen′tary distribu′tion
n. a relationship between linguistic items, esp. speech sounds, that have no environment in common, as aspirated (p) and unaspirated (p) in English. [1930–35] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | complementary distribution - (linguistics) a distribution of related speech sounds or forms in such a way that they only appear in different contextscomplementationdispersion, distribution - the spatial or geographic property of being scattered about over a range, area, or volume; "worldwide in distribution"; "the distribution of nerve fibers"; "in complementary distribution"linguistics - the scientific study of language |
Translationscomplementary distribution
Related to complementary distribution: Minimal pairsSynonyms for complementary distributionnoun (linguistics) a distribution of related speech sounds or forms in such a way that they only appear in different contextsSynonymsRelated Words- dispersion
- distribution
- linguistics
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