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complex

[ adjective verb kuhm-pleks, kom-pleks; noun kom-pleks ]

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.

    Antonyms:

  3. so complicated or intricate as to be hard to understand or deal with:

    a complex problem.

    Synonyms: , ,

    Antonyms:

  4. Grammar.
    1. (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.
  5. Mathematics. pertaining to or using complex numbers:

    complex methods; complex vector space.



noun

  1. an intricate or complicated association or assemblage of related things, parts, units, etc.:

    the entire complex of our educational system; an apartment complex.

    Synonyms: , , ,

  2. 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.
  3. a fixed idea; an obsessive notion.
  4. Mathematics.
    1. an arbitrary set of elements of a group.
    2. a collection of simplexes having specified properties.
  5. 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 ).
  6. 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)

  1. Chemistry. to form a complex with.

verb (used without object)

  1. Chemistry. to form a complex.

complex

/ ˈ°ìÉ’³¾±è±ôÉ›°ì²õ /

adjective

  1. made up of various interconnected parts; composite
  2. (of thoughts, writing, etc) intricate or involved
  3. grammar
    1. (of a word) containing at least one bound form
    2. (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
    3. (of a sentence) formed by subordination of one clause to another
  4. maths of or involving one or more complex numbers
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a whole made up of interconnected or related parts

    a building complex

  2. 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
  3. informal.
    an obsession or excessive fear

    he's got a complex about cats

  4. 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
  5. any chemical compound in which one molecule is linked to another by a coordinate bond
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Usage

Complex is sometimes wrongly used where complicated is meant. Complex is properly used to say only that something consists of several parts. It should not be used to say that, because something consists of many parts, it is difficult to understand or analyse
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ³¦´Ç³¾±è±ô±ð³æ±ô²â, adverb
  • ˈ³¦´Ç³¾±è±ô±ð³æ²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³¦´Ç³¾Â·±è±ô±ð³æl²â adverb
  • ³¦´Ç³¾Â·±è±ô±ð³æn±ð²õ²õ noun
  • ´Çv±ð°ù·³¦´Ç³¾Â·±è±ô±ð³æ adjective
  • ±ç³Ü²¹î€È´¾±-³¦´Ç³¾Â·±è±ô±ð³æ adjective
  • quasi-³¦´Ç³¾Â·±è±ô±ð³æl²â adverb
  • ²õ³Üp±ð°ù·³¦´Ç³¾Â·±è±ô±ð³æ adjective
  • ³Ü²Ôc´Ç³¾Â·±è±ô±ð³æ adjective
  • un³¦´Ç³¾Â·±è±ô±ð³æl²â adverb
  • un³¦´Ç³¾Â·±è±ô±ð³æn±ð²õ²õ noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of complex1

First recorded in 1645–55; 1905–10 complex fordef 7; adjective from Latin complexus, past participle of ³¦´Ç³¾±è±ô±ð³¦³ÙÄ«, complectere “to embrace, encompass, include,†equivalent to complect- ( complect ) + -tus past participle suffix; noun from Late Latin complexus “totality, complex†( Latin: “inclusion, grasping, embraceâ€), equivalent to complect(ere) + -tus suffix of verb action; reanalysis of the Latin verb as “to intertwine (completely)†influenced sense of the adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of complex1

C17: from Latin complexus, from ³¦´Ç³¾±è±ô±ð³¦³ÙÄ« to entwine, from com- together + plectere to braid
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From this point, the questions left were complex legal and medical ones.

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Because of their complex supply chains and the often life saving products they make, pharmaceutical companies along with microchip makers were temporarily exempted from the tariffs imposed on all products imported into the US.

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