complementary distribution

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The distribution of phones in their respective phonetic environments such that one never appears in the same phonetic context as the other.

Equivalents

Españoldistribución complementaria

Françaisdistribution complémentaire

Portuguêsdistribuição complementar

8 more languages

Bosanskikomplementarna distribucija

Suomitäydennysjakauma

Hrvatskikomplementarna distribucija

Italianodistribuzione complementare

日本語相補分布

Polskidystrybucja komplementarna

Русскийдополни́тельная дистрибу́ция дополни́тельное распределе́ние

Српскиkomplementarna distribucija

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

complementary DNA complementary function complementary good complementary medicine complementary nondeterministic polynomial complementary region

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