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noun

  • A network of interconnected systems.
  • A collection of buildings with a common purpose, such as a university or military base.
  • An assemblage of related things; a collection.
  • An abnormal mental condition caused by repressed emotions.
  • (by extension) A vehement, often excessive psychological dislike or fear of a particular thing.

    "Jim has a real complex about working for a woman boss."

  • A structure consisting of a central atom or molecule weakly connected to surrounding atoms or molecules.
  • A complex number.

verb

  • To form a complex with another substance
  • To complicate.

adjective

  • Made up of multiple parts; composite; not simple.
  • Not simple, easy, or straightforward; complicated.
  • (of a number) Having the form a + bi, where a and b are real numbers and i is (by definition) the imaginary square root of −1.
  • (of a function) Whose range is a subset of the complex numbers.
  • Whose coefficients are complex numbers; defined over the field of complex numbers.
  • A curve, polygon or other figure that crosses or intersects itself.

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