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complementary distribution

DEFINITIONS OF: complementary distribution

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n (linguistics) a distribution of related speech sounds or forms in such a way that they only appear in different contexts

Synonyms:
complementation
Type of:
dispersion, distribution
the spatial or geographic property of being scattered about over a range, area, or volume
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