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adjective
1.
composed of many interconnected parts; compound; composite: a complex highway system.
2.
characterized by a very complicated or involved arrangement of parts, units, etc.: complex machinery.
3.
so complicated or intricate as to be hard to understand or deal with: a complex problem.
4.
Grammar.
a.
5.
Mathematics. pertaining to or using complex numbers: complex methods; complex vector space.
noun
6.
an intricate or complicated association or assemblage of related things, parts, units, etc.: the entire complex of our educational system; an apartment complex.
7.
Psychology. a system of interrelated, emotion-charged ideas, feelings, memories, and impulses that is usually repressed and that gives rise to abnormal or pathological behavior.
8.
a fixed idea; an obsessive notion.
9.
Mathematics.
a.
an arbitrary set of elements of a group.
b.
a collection of simplexes having specified properties.
10.
EXPANDAlso called coordination compound. Chemistry. a compound in which independently existing molecules or ions of a nonmetal (complexing agent) form coordinate bonds with a metal atom or ion. Compare ligand (def. 2).
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Complexes
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verb (used with object)
12.
Chemistry. to form a complex with.
verb (used without object)
13.
Chemistry. to form a complex.
Origin:
1645–55; 1905–10 for def. 7; (adj.) < Latin complexus, past participle of complectī, complectere to embrace, encompass, include, equivalent to complect- (see complect) + -tus past participle suffix; (noun) < Late Latin complexus totality, complex (Latin: inclusion, grasping, embrace), equivalent to complect(ere) + -tus suffix of v. action; reanalysis of the Latin v. as “to intertwine (completely)” has influenced sense of the adj.
1645–55; 1905–10 for def. 7; (adj.) < Latin complexus, past participle of complectī, complectere to embrace, encompass, include, equivalent to complect- (see complect) + -tus past participle suffix; (noun) < Late Latin complexus totality, complex (Latin: inclusion, grasping, embrace), equivalent to complect(ere) + -tus suffix of v. action; reanalysis of the Latin v. as “to intertwine (completely)” has influenced sense of the adj.
Related forms
com·plex·ly, adverb
com·plex·ness, noun
o·ver·com·plex, adjective
qua·si-com·plex, adjective
qua·si-com·plex·ly, adverb
EXPANDsu·per·com·plex, adjective
un·com·plex, adjective
un·com·plex·ly, adverb
un·com·plex·ness, noun
COLLAPSESynonyms
3. knotty, tangled, labyrinthine. 6. network, web, tangle, labyrinth.
3. knotty, tangled, labyrinthine. 6. network, web, tangle, labyrinth.
Antonyms
2, 3. simple.
2, 3. simple.
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