Lexic.us

Definition of Complex

1. Adjective. Complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts. "A complex mass of diverse laws and customs"

2. Noun. A conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts. "The complex of shopping malls, houses, and roads created a new town"

3. Noun. A compound described in terms of the central atom to which other atoms are bound or coordinated.

4. Noun. (psychoanalysis) a combination of emotions and impulses that have been rejected from awareness but still influence a person's behavior.

5. Noun. A whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures.

Definition of Complex

1. a. Composed of two or more parts; composite; not simple; as, a complex being; a complex idea.

2. n. Assemblage of related things; collection; complication.

Definition of Complex

1. Adjective. Made up of multiple parts; intricate or detailed. ¹

2. Adjective. Not simple or straightforward. ¹

3. Adjective. (mathematics) Of a number, of the form ''a + bi'', where ''a'' and ''b'' are real numbers and ''i'' is the square root of −1. ¹

4. Adjective. (geometry) A curve, polygon or other figure that crosses or intersects itself. ¹

5. Noun. A problem. ¹

6. Noun. A collection of buildings with a common purpose, such as a university or military base. ¹

7. Noun. A psychologically based dislike or fear of a particular thing. ¹

8. Noun. A thunderstorm that forms when two storm fronts collide. ¹

9. Noun. (chemistry) A structure consisting of a central atom or molecule weakly connected to surrounding atoms or molecules. ¹

10. Verb. (chemistry intransitive) To form a complex with another substance ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Complex

1. complicated [adj -PLEXER, -PLEXEST] / to make complex [v -ED, -ING, -ES] - See also: complex

Medical Definition of Complex

1. Complicated, not simple. Origin: L. Complexus = woven together, encompassing This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Complex

completeness completeness axiom completenesses completer completers completes completest completing completion completionist

completionists completions completist completists completive complex (current term) complex absence complex analysis complex body part complex carbohydrate

complex closure complex conjugate complex febrile convulsion complex fraction complex function complex instruction set computer complex instruction set computing complex ion complex ions complex learning processes

Literary usage of Complex

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"similar structure proposed for the complex obtained by the reaction of complex XII with methanol.1' The ultraviolet spectrum of complex XIII is similar to ..."

2. Pelicotetics, Or, The Science of Quantity: Or, The Science of Quantity. An by Archibald Sandeman (1868)
"is called the NUMERATOR and the latter - the DENO- s MINATOR of the complex fraction, also the numerator and denominator of a complex fraction are called ..."

3. Projective Geometry by Oswald Veblen, John Wesley Young (1918)
"The isomorphism in question is that by which the complex number a + bi ... Supposing that the fundamental points of the scale on the complex line are J%, ..."

4. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding by John Locke (1894)
"OF complex IDEAS. I. WE have hitherto considered those ideas, ... and in the opera- the complex constitution of the quali- tions of which we are conscious, ..."

5. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1916)
""Friendship" complex, exposed by 4 words and 12 signs, as prolonged time, ... Also a complex connecting with the word " lake," real meaning unknown to ..."

6. The American Mathematical Monthly by Mathematical Association of America (1922)
"treatment of imaginary and complex numbers is in no instance free from logical ... A complex number s then defined as the sum of«a real number and an ..."

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