Complex
['kɒmpleks] or [kəm'plɛks;'kɑm,plɛks]
Definition
(noun.) a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts; 'the complex of shopping malls, houses, and roads created a new town'.
(noun.) (psychoanalysis) a combination of emotions and impulses that have been rejected from awareness but still influence a person's behavior.
(noun.) a compound described in terms of the central atom to which other atoms are bound or coordinated.
(adj.) complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts; 'a complex set of variations based on a simple folk melody'; 'a complex mass of diverse laws and customs' .
Editor: Milton--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Composed of two or more parts; composite; not simple; as, a complex being; a complex idea.
(n.) Involving many parts; complicated; intricate.
(n.) Assemblage of related things; collection; complication.
Editor: Maggie
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Compounded, compound, composite, not simple.[2]. Complicated, complicate, entangled, intricate, involved.
Edited by Hugh
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Intricate, multifarious, compound, complicated, multifold, involved, deep,many-sided, abstruse, close, tangled, obscure
ANT:Obvious, plain, simple, direct, inobscure, superficial, vague, loose,unraveled
Typist: Rudy
Definition
adj. composed of more than one or of many parts: not simple: intricate: difficult.—n. a complex whole.—v.t. to complicate.—ns. Complex′edness Com′plexness Complex′ity state of being complex: complication.—adv. Com′plexly.—n. Complex′us a complicated system: a large muscle of the back passing from the spine to the head.
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Examples
- So it is with the wonderfully complex jaws and legs of crustaceans. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The tremendously complex nature of the chemical reactions which take place in the lead-acid storage battery also renders it an easy prey to many troublesome diseases. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Priestley applied this process to the analysis of common air, which he discovered to be complex and not simple. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Out of the few simple machines mentioned in the preceding Sections has developed the complex machinery of to-day. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- A minute examination of the circumstances served only to make the case more complex. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The varied and complex machining required on armor plate demands tools of enormous size and strength as well as varied purpose. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- One leg was badly set and had to be broken again, and these painful and complex operations nearly cost him his life. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The human body is a much more varied and complex machine than any ever devised by man; personal peculiarities, as well as fuel values, influence very largely the diet of an individual. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- His far-distant goal was to construct a machine that would carry, not the dots and dashes of the telegraph, but the complex vibrations of the human voice. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- For instance, the complex problem of a practical telephone transmitter gave rise to a series of most exhaustive experiments. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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