COMPLEMENTATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does complementation mean? 

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

1. the grammatical relation of a word or phrase to a predicate

2. (linguistics) a distribution of related speech sounds or forms in such a way that they only appear in different contexts

  Familiarity information: COMPLEMENTATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMPLEMENTATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The grammatical relation of a word or phrase to a predicate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

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

grammatical relation (a linguistic relation established by grammar)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(linguistics) a distribution of related speech sounds or forms in such a way that they only appear in different contexts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

complementary distribution; complementation

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

dispersion; distribution (the spatial or geographic property of being scattered about over a range, area, or volume)

Domain category:

linguistics (the scientific study of language)

 Context examples 

This protein is involved in the localization of the Fanconi anemia complementation group protein complex.

(Fanconi Anemia Group E Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

Currently there are eight complementation groups in FA (FA-A-FA-H) which indicates that at least eight independent genes can lead to FA.

(Fanconi's Anemia, NCI Thesaurus)

Mutation of the gene is associated with trichothiodystrophy, complementation group A.

(GTF2H5 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Mutation of the gene is associated with Fanconi anemia complementation group I.

(FANCI wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in nucleotide excision repair and is involved in the correction of defective nucleotide excision repair in xeroderma pigmentosum cells of complementation group F.

(ERCC4 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in nucleotide excision repair and corrects sensitivity to UV radiation and defective nucleotide excision repair in xeroderma pigmentosum cells of complementation group D.

(ERCC2 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Defects in this allele can result in three different disorders, xeroderma pigmentosum complementation group D, trichothiodystrophy and Cockayne syndrome.

(ERCC2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Mutation of the gene is associated with xeroderma pigmentosum complementation group E.

(DDB2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)