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

Derived forms: complementary distributions

Type of: dispersion, distribution

Encyclopedia: Complementary distribution

• Cannae
• canned
• canned food
• canned foods
• canned goods
• canned hunt
• canned meat
• cannel coal
• cannelloni
• canner
• cannery
• Cannes
• cannibal
• cannibal mound
• cannibalic
• cannibalisation
• cannibalise
• cannibalism
• cannibalistic
• cannibalization
• cannibalize
• Chrysanthemum frutescens
• Chrysanthemum lacustre
• Chrysanthemum leucanthemum
• Chrysanthemum maximum