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complex
[ adjective verb kuhm-pleks, kom-pleks; noun kom-pleks ]
adjective
- composed of many interconnected parts; compound; composite:
a complex highway system.
- characterized by a very complicated or involved arrangement of parts, units, etc.:
complex machinery.
Antonyms:
- so complicated or intricate as to be hard to understand or deal with:
a complex problem.
Synonyms: , ,
Antonyms:
- Grammar.
- (of a word) consisting of two parts, at least one of which is a bound form, as childish, which consists of the word child and the bound form -ish.
- Mathematics. pertaining to or using complex numbers:
complex methods; complex vector space.
noun
- an intricate or complicated association or assemblage of related things, parts, units, etc.:
the entire complex of our educational system; an apartment complex.
Synonyms: , , ,
- 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.
- a fixed idea; an obsessive notion.
- Mathematics.
- an arbitrary set of elements of a group.
- a collection of simplexes having specified properties.
- Also 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 ).
- Biochemistry. an entity composed of molecules in which the constituents maintain much of their chemical identity:
receptor-hormone complex, enzyme-substrate complex.
verb (used with object)
- Chemistry. to form a complex with.
verb (used without object)
- Chemistry. to form a complex.
complex
/ ˈɒɛ /
adjective
- made up of various interconnected parts; composite
- (of thoughts, writing, etc) intricate or involved
- grammar
- (of a word) containing at least one bound form
- (of a noun phrase) containing both a lexical noun and an embedded clause, as for example the italicized parts of the following sentence: I didn't know the man who served me
- (of a sentence) formed by subordination of one clause to another
- maths of or involving one or more complex numbers
noun
- a whole made up of interconnected or related parts
a building complex
- psychoanal a group of emotional ideas or impulses that have been banished from the conscious mind but that continue to influence a person's behaviour
- informal.an obsession or excessive fear
he's got a complex about cats
- Also calledcoordination compound a chemical compound in which molecules, groups, or ions are attached to a central metal atom, esp a transition metal atom, by coordinate bonds
- any chemical compound in which one molecule is linked to another by a coordinate bond
Usage
Derived Forms
- ˈdz, adverb
- ˈdzԱ, noun
Other Word Forms
- dz·l adverb
- dz·n noun
- v·dz· adjective
- ܲȴ-dz· adjective
- quasi-dz·l adverb
- p·dz· adjective
- ܲcdz· adjective
- undz·l adverb
- undz·n noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of complex1
Word History and Origins
Origin of complex1
Example Sentences
So, calling Trump's tariffs a clear "win" or "loss" for South America oversimplifies a complex situation.
Det Insp Butt said a post-mortem examination was undertaken at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff where the cause of death was found to be a "complex sharp force injury to the neck area".
"All of these places have flat floors. Why would you want the added expense of a very complex form factor... when you could just put it on a mobile base?" he asks.
"This is an incredibly complex question that we are looking at about how we reform our energy market," he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
It’s a complex feedback cycle, which bias might influence species’ value at each link in the chain and their connections.
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