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Complex Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Complex? [n] a whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures [n] a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts [n] (psychoanalysis) a combination of emotions and impulses that have been rejected from awareness but still influence a person's behavior [n] 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" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Complex: analyzable \| building complex \| Byzantine \| colonial \| complicated \| composite \| composite \| compound \| convoluted \| coordination compound \| decomposable \| gordian \| interlacing \| interlinking \| interlocking \| interwoven \| intricate \| involved \| knotty \| labyrinthian \| labyrinthine \| mazy \| multifactorial \| multiplex \| tangled \| thickening \| tortuous Related Terms \| Find terms related to Complex: abstruse \| acculturation \| amalgamated \| ambiguous \| ambivalent \| amphibious \| arduous \| baffling \| balled up \| bewildering \| beyond one \| blended \| brutal \| Byzantine \| can of worms \| castration complex \| Chinese puzzle \| civilization \| collectivity \| combined \| complicated \| composite \| compound \| compounded \| compulsion \| confounded \| confounding \| confused \| confusing \| conglomerate \| convoluted \| crabbed \| cramp \| critical \| cultural drift \| culture \| culture area \| culture center \| culture complex \| culture conflict \| culture contact \| culture pattern \| culture trait \| daedal \| dappled \| delicate \| demanding \| devious \| Diana complex \| difficile \| difficult \| distracting \| disturbing \| eclectic \| elaborate \| Electra complex \| embodiment \| embrangled \| entangled \| entirety \| equivocal \| ethos \| exacting \| fascination \| father complex \| fifty-fifty \| fixation \| fixed idea \| folkways \| formidable \| fouled up \| garbled \| gordian \| Gordian knot \| hairy \| half-and-half \| hang-up \| hard \| hard to understand \| hard-earned \| hard-fought \| Herculean \| heterogeneous \| hypercathexis \| idee fixe \| implicated \| indiscriminate \| inferiority complex \| integer \| integration \| integrity \| intricate \| involute \| involuted \| involved \| ironic \| irresistible impulse \| jawbreaking \| jumbled \| jungle \| key trait \| knot \| knotted \| knotty \| laborious \| labyrinth \| labyrinthian \| labyrinthine \| loused up \| many-faceted \| many-sided \| matted \| maze \| mazy \| mean \| meander \| meandering \| medley \| mesh \| mess \| messed up \| mingled \| miscellaneous \| mixed \| mixed up \| mixed-up \| monomania \| morbid drive \| mores \| mother complex \| motley \| mucked up \| multifaceted \| multifarious \| multinational \| multiracial \| mysterious \| mystifying \| no picnic \| not easy \| obfuscated \| obscure \| obscured \| obsession \| obsessive compulsion \| Oedipus complex \| oneness \| operose \| organic unity \| overtechnical \| parent complex \| patchy \| perplex \| perplexed \| perplexing \| persecution complex \| pluralistic \| possession \| preoccupation \| prepossession \| promiscuous \| puzzling \| ramified \| ravel \| reticular \| rigorous \| rough \| roundabout \| Rube Goldberg contraption \| rugged \| ruling passion \| scrambled \| screwed up \| set with thorns \| severe \| snafu \| snake pit \| snarl \| snarled \| society \| sophisticated \| spiny \| steep \| strenuous \| subtle \| superiority complex \| syncretic \| tangle \| tangled \| tangled skein \| tangly \| thorny \| thrown together \| tic \| ticklish \| toilsome \| totality \| tough \| trait \| trait-complex \| tricky \| twisted \| unity \| uphill \| vague \| varied \| webwork \| wheels within wheels \| whole \| wicked \| wilderness See Also \| chemical compound \| college \| compound \| construction \| difficult \| Electra complex \| feeling \| hard \| hybrid \| hydrochloride \| industrial plant \| inferiority complex \| Oedipal complex \| Oedipus complex \| plant \| ribbon development \| structure \| syndrome \| whole \| works Complex In Webster's Dictionary \Com"plex\, a. [L. complexus, p. p. of complecti to entwine around, comprise; com- + plectere to twist, akin to plicare to fold. See {Plait}, n.] 1. Composed of two or more parts; composite; not simple; as, a complex being; a complex idea. Ideas thus made up of several simple ones put together, I call complex; such as beauty, gratitude, a man, an army, the universe. --Locke. 2. Involving many parts; complicated; intricate. When the actual motions of the heavens are calculated in the best possible way, the process is difficult and complex. --Whewell. {Complex fraction}. See {Fraction}. {Complex number} (Math.), in the theory of numbers, an expression of the form a + b[root]-1, when a and b are ordinary integers. Syn: See {Intricate}. \Com"plex\, n. [L. complexus] Assemblage of related things; collection; complication. This parable of the wedding supper comprehends in it the whole complex of all the blessings and privileges exhibited by the gospel. --South. {Complex of lines} (Geom.), all the possible straight lines in space being considered, the entire system of lines which satisfy a single relation constitute a complex; as, all the lines which meet a given curve make up a complex. The lines which satisfy two relations constitute a congruency of lines; as, the entire system of lines, each one of which meets two given surfaces, is a congruency.

Complex Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Complex?

[n] a whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures
[n] a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts
[n] (psychoanalysis) a combination of emotions and impulses that have been rejected from awareness but still influence a person's behavior
[n] 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"

Complex In Webster's Dictionary

\Com"plex\, a. [L. complexus, p. p. of complecti to
entwine around, comprise; com- + plectere to twist, akin to
plicare to fold. See {Plait}, n.]
1. Composed of two or more parts; composite; not simple; as,
   a complex being; a complex idea.

         Ideas thus made up of several simple ones put
         together, I call complex; such as beauty, gratitude,
         a man, an army, the universe.         --Locke.

2. Involving many parts; complicated; intricate.

         When the actual motions of the heavens are
         calculated in the best possible way, the process is
         difficult and complex.                --Whewell.

{Complex fraction}. See {Fraction}.

{Complex number} (Math.), in the theory of numbers, an
   expression of the form a + b[root]-1, when a and b are
   ordinary integers.

Syn: See {Intricate}.


\Com"plex\, n. [L. complexus]
Assemblage of related things; collection; complication.

      This parable of the wedding supper comprehends in it
      the whole complex of all the blessings and privileges
      exhibited by the gospel.                 --South.

{Complex of lines} (Geom.), all the possible straight lines
   in space being considered, the entire system of lines
   which satisfy a single relation constitute a complex; as,
   all the lines which meet a given curve make up a complex.
   The lines which satisfy two relations constitute a
   congruency of lines; as, the entire system of lines, each
   one of which meets two given surfaces, is a congruency.

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