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COMPLEMENTARITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The interrelation of reciprocity whereby one thing supplements or depends on the other
Example:
the complementarity of the sexes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("complementarity" is a kind of...):
reciprocality; reciprocity (a relation of mutual dependence or action or influence)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A relation between two opposite states or principles that together exhaust the possibilities
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("complementarity" is a kind of...):
ungradable opposition (an opposition that has no intermediate grade; either one or the other)
Derivation:
complementary (acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole))
Context examples:
Antigen Targeting involves specific and high affinity non-covalent interaction (binding) of an antibody reagent through intermolecular physical forces of attraction and spatial complementarity with a soluble or particulate substance (antigen) that induces an immune response.
(Antigen Targeting, NCI Thesaurus)
Cyclooxygenase Interaction involves temporary non-covalent binding, typically through intermolecular physical forces of attraction and spatial complementarity, between a molecular entity and Cyclooxygenase, an enzyme complex that catalyzes the formation of prostaglandins from unsaturated fatty acid, molecular oxygen, and a reduced acceptor.
(Cyclooxygenase Interaction, NCI Thesaurus)
Antibody Degradation consists of conjugation, transport, oxidation, and/or proteolysis of members of a class of cell-surface or secreted B lymphocyte proteins that non-covalently interact through intermolecular physical forces of attraction and spatial complementarity selectively and specifically with foreign substances (antigens), typically as part of an immune response.
(Antibody Degradation Process, NCI Thesaurus)
Antigen Presentation Interaction involves specific non-covalent interaction (binding) through intermolecular physical forces of attraction and spatial complementarity of T-Cell Antigen Receptors with proteolytically processed fragments of antigenic foreign proteins displayed in association with self MHC antigens on the surface of antigen presenting macrophages.
(Antigen Presentation Interaction, NCI Thesaurus)
