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adjective
- 1. consisting of many different and connected parts: "a complex network of water channels" Similar
- 2. denoting or involving numbers or quantities containing both a real and an imaginary part.
noun
- 1. a group or system of different things that are linked in a close or complicated way; a network: "a complex of mountain roads" Similar
- 2. a related group of repressed or partly repressed emotionally significant ideas which cause psychic conflict leading to abnormal mental states or behaviour.
verb
- 1. make (an atom or compound) form a complex with another: "the DNA was complexed with the nuclear extract"
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a particular anxiety or unconscious fear that a person has, especially as a result of an unpleasant experience that they have had in the past or because they have a low opinion of their own worth: an inferiority complex.
The meaning of COMPLEX is a whole made up of complicated or interrelated parts. How to use complex in a sentence. The Complex Origins of Complex Synonym Discussion of Complex.
a particular anxiety or unconscious fear that a person has, especially as a result of an unpleasant experience that they have had in the past or because they have a low opinion of their own worth: an inferiority complex.
noun. an intricate or complicated association or assemblage of related things, parts, units, etc.: the entire complex of our educational system; an apartment complex. Synonyms: labyrinth, tangle, web, network.
A complex is a substance that is made when two or more simpler compounds join chemically. Chloramines are chemical complexes formed from the reaction between ammonia and chlorine. Ferric iron tends to form complexes with natural water organics.
Something complex has two or more related parts, or is not simple in its structure. As a noun, a complex is a group of units, often a group of buildings. The adjective is stressed on the second syllable, but the noun is stressed on the first syllable.
adjective. OPAL W OPAL S. /ˈkɒmpleks/ /kəmˈpleks/, /ˈkɑːmpleks/ made of many different things or parts that are connected; difficult to understand synonym complicated. a complex problem/issue/process/system. a complex argument/subject. complex machinery. the complex structure of the human brain.