Complementary vs Convergent - What's the difference?
complementary | convergent |
Acting as a complement.
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(genetics) Of the specific pairings of the bases in DNA and RNA.
(physics) Pertaining to pairs of properties in quantum mechanics that are inversely related to each other, such as speed and position, or energy and time. (See also Heisenberg uncertainty principle.)
A complementary colour.
(obsolete) One skilled in compliments.
That converges or focuses
(analysis, topology) Of a sequence in a metric space or a topological space; having a (finite, proper) limit.
(mathematics) the rational number obtained when a continued fraction has been terminated after a finite number of terms
As adjectives the difference between complementary and convergent
is that complementary is acting as a complement while convergent is that converges or focuses.As nouns the difference between complementary and convergent
is that complementary is a complementary colour while convergent is the rational number obtained when a continued fraction has been terminated after a finite number of terms.complementary
English
(wikipedia complementary)Adjective
(en adjective)- Using the terminology we intro-
duced earlier, we might then say that black and white squares are in comple-
mentary distribution on a chess-board. By this we mean two things: firstly,
black squares and white squares occupy different positions on the board: and
secondly, the black and white squares complement each other in the sense that
the black squares together with the white squares comprise the total set of 64
squares found on the board (i.e. there is no square on the board which is not
either black or white).
Usage notes
* Complementary and complimentary are frequently confused and misused in place of one another.Derived terms
* complementarily * complementarity * complementary angle * complementary colour * complementary distributionNoun
(complementaries)- (Ben Jonson)