COMPLEMENTARITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does complementarity mean? 

• COMPLEMENTARITY (noun)
  The noun COMPLEMENTARITY has 2 senses:

1. a relation between two opposite states or principles that together exhaust the possibilities

2. the interrelation of reciprocity whereby one thing supplements or depends on the other

  Familiarity information: COMPLEMENTARITY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMPLEMENTARITY (noun)

Sense 1

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))

Sense 2

Meaning:

The interrelation of reciprocity whereby one thing supplements or depends on the other

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Context example:

the complementarity of the sexes

Hypernyms ("complementarity" is a kind of...):

reciprocality; reciprocity (a relation of mutual dependence or action or influence)

 Context examples 

Immunoglobulin Binding Proteins temporarily and non-covalently interact through physical forces of attraction and spatial complementarity with structurally-related Y-shaped monomeric or polymeric glycoproteins produced by B-lymphocytes that function as antibodies.

(Immunoglobulin Binding Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

Also known as complementarity determining region or hypervariable loop.

(Immunoglobulin Hypervariable Region, NCI Thesaurus)

Immunologic Factor Interaction involves temporary non-covalent binding through intermolecular physical forces of attraction and often spatial complementarity with antibody or cytokine proteins that affect immune functions, immune responses, or inflammation.

(Immunologic Factor Interaction, NCI Thesaurus)

Involves temporary, non-covalent binding of two or more molecules as a result of intermolecular physical forces and often involves spatial complementarity between the interacting objects.

(Molecular Interaction Process, NCI Thesaurus)

Growth Factor Interaction involves temporary non-covalent binding through intermolecular physical forces of attraction and often spatial complementarity with extracellular signaling molecules (ligands) involved in the control of target cell proliferation, survival, and differentiation.

(Growth Factor Binding, NCI Thesaurus)

Enzyme Interaction involves temporary non-covalent binding, typically through intermolecular physical forces of attraction and spatial complementarity, between a molecular entity and biological molecules, usually proteins, that possess catalytic activity.

(Enzyme Interaction, NCI Thesaurus)

Proteins that non-covalently interact with deoxyribonucleic acid as a result of intermolecular physical forces and spatial complementarity.

(DNA Binding Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

Molecular Marker Activity involves temporary non-covalent interaction through intermolecular physical forces of attraction and spatial complementarity with a substance, such as a cell surface antigen, that assists in antigen localization or evaluation of cellular activity.

(Molecular Marker Activity, NCI Thesaurus)

Antibody Stabilization inhibits conjugation, transport, oxidation, or proteolysis 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.

(Negative Regulation of Degradation of Antibody, NCI Thesaurus)

Antigen Binding Interaction involves specific and high affinity non-covalent interaction (binding) of an endogenous antibody through intermolecular physical forces of attraction and spatial complementarity with a soluble or particulate substance (antigen) that induces an immune response.

(Antigen Binding, NCI Thesaurus)