Complex

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Consisting of interconnected or interwoven parts; composite.
  • adj. Composed of two or more units: a complex carbohydrate.
  • adj. Involved or intricate, as in structure; complicated.
  • adj. Grammar Consisting of at least one bound form. Used of a word.
  • adj. Grammar Consisting of an independent clause and at least one other independent or dependent clause. Used of a sentence.
  • n. A whole composed of interconnected or interwoven parts: a complex of cities and suburbs; the military-industrial complex.
  • n. In psychology, a group of related, often repressed ideas and impulses that compel characteristic or habitual patterns of thought, feelings, and behavior. No longer in scientific use.
  • n. An exaggerated or obsessive concern or fear.
  • n. Medicine The combination of factors, symptoms, or signs of a disease or disorder that forms a syndrome.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Made up of multiple parts; intricate or detailed.
  • adj. Not simple or straightforward.
  • adj. Of a number, of the form a + bi, where a and b are real numbers and i is the square root of −1.
  • adj. A curve, polygon or other figure that crosses or intersects itself.
  • n. A problem.
  • n. A collection of buildings with a common purpose, such as a university or military base.
  • n. A psychologically based dislike or fear of a particular thing.
  • n. A thunderstorm that forms when two storm fronts collide.
  • n. A structure consisting of a central atom or molecule weakly connected to surrounding atoms or molecules.
  • v. To form a complex with another substance
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Composed of two or more parts; composite; not simple.
  • adj. Involving many parts; complicated; intricate.
  • n. Assemblage of related things; collection; complication.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Composed of interconnected parts; formed by a combination of simple things or elements; including two or more connected particulars; composite; not simple: as, a complex being; complex ideas; a complex term.
  • Involved; intricate; complicated; perplexing.
  • In the theory of numbers, any expression in the form ai + bj +, etc., where a, b, etc., are integers, and i, j, etc., are peculiar units.
  • n. Anything consisting in or formed by the union of interconnected parts; especially, an assemblage of particulars related as parts of a system.
  • n. In geometry, a continuous, triply infinite system of infinite straight lines; the whole of any kind of forms in space fulfilling one condition: thus, all the lines that cut a given curve in space constitute a complex.
  • To combine intricately; involve; mix up.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts
  • n. a compound described in terms of the central atom to which other atoms are bound or coordinated
  • n. a whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures
  • adj. complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts
  • n. (psychoanalysis) a combination of emotions and impulses that have been rejected from awareness but still influence a person's behavior
  • Equivalent
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    intricate    composite    complicated    collection    complication    complicate    detailed    involved    tough    difficult   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Czechs    Ex    Lex    Rex    Tex    Triplex    X    aix    annex    becks   
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    new    specific    difficult