complex
Dictionary
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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