Complementary vs Obverse - What's the difference?
complementary | obverse |
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.
Turned or facing toward the observer.
Corresponding; complementary.
(botany) Having the base, or end next to the attachment, narrower than the top.
The heads side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that has the principal design.
(logic) The double negative of a statement e.g. All men are mortal'' => ''No man is immortal
As adjectives the difference between complementary and obverse
is that complementary is acting as a complement while obverse is turned or facing toward the observer.As nouns the difference between complementary and obverse
is that complementary is a complementary colour while obverse is the heads side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that has the principal design.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)
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English
Adjective
(-)- The obverse side of the gravestone has the inscription.
- When you speak clearly, people understand you. If you don't mumble, the obverse effect is observed.
- an obverse leaf
Synonyms
* (turned toward the observer ): facing, presenting * (corresponding ): analogous, like, parallel, reciprocalNoun
(en noun)- The medal had a cross on the obverse and had a name inscribed on the reverse.