transcription, транскрипция: [ kɒmplɪmentri ]
1.
Complementary things are different from each other but make a good combination. ( FORMAL )
To improve the quality of life through work, two complementary strategies are necessary...
He has done experiments complementary to those of Eigen.
ADJ : usu ADJ n , also v-link ADJ to n
• com‧ple‧men‧ta‧rity
...the complementarity between public and private authorities.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
Complementary medicine refers to ways of treating patients which are different from the ones used by most Western doctors, for example acupuncture and homoeopathy.
...combining orthodox treatment with a wide range of complementary therapies.
= alternative
≠ orthodox, conventional
ADJ : ADJ n