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Complementary distribution
noun
Word Frequency:
0.1
Definitions
1.
noun
The distribution of phones in their respective phonetic environments such that one never appears in the same phonetic context as the other
Synonyms
diphone
homorganic
complementary antonym
complementarity
minimal pair
noncomplementarity
homologue
metaphone
allotone
complementary
allophony
conspiracy
Antonyms
contrastive distribution
free variation
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