complementarity

Noun

Meaning

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

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

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There is a fundamental error in separating the parts from the whole, the mistake of atomizing what should not be atomized. Unity and complementarity constitute reality. Werner Heisenberg

We wanted a complementarity of form and colour. So we made a synthesis of analyses of colour (the divisionism of Seurat, Signac and Cross) and analyses of form. Umberto Boccioni

The explicable requires the inexplicable. Experience requires the nonexperienceable. The obvious requires the mystical. This is a powerful group of paired concepts generated by the complementarity of conceptuality. Buckminster Fuller

There is a certain element of complementarity between men and women that is biological by nature. Jack Kingston

Marriage is built around complementarity of the sexes and therefore the institution of marriage is a support for stable families and societies. John Sentamu

the universe and its beings are a complementarity of empty infinity, intimate interrelationships, and total uniqueness of each and every being. Matsuo Bashō

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