相そう補ほ

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

complement; complementary

Technical term used in mathematics, linguistics, and other fields to describe things that complete or are mutually complementary. Often used in compounds like 相補的 (complementary) or 相補性 (complementarity).

• この二ふたつの理り論ろんは相そう補ほ的てきな関かん係けいにある。

  These two theories are in a complementary relationship.

• 量りょう子し力りき学がくでは、粒りゅう子しと波は動どうの性せい質しつが相そう補ほする。

  In quantum mechanics, the properties of particles and waves complement each other.