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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Complex \Com"plex\ (k[o^]m"pl[e^]ks), 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.
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Ideas thus made up of several simple ones put
together, I call complex; such as beauty, gratitude,
a man, an army, the universe. --Locke.
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2. Involving many parts; complicated; intricate.
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When the actual motions of the heavens are
calculated in the best possible way, the process is
difficult and complex. --Whewell.
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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.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Complex \Com"plex\, n. [L. complexus]
Assemblage of related things; collection; complication.
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This parable of the wedding supper comprehends in it
the whole complex of all the blessings and privileges
exhibited by the gospel. --South.
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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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WordNet complex
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" [ant: simple]
n 1: a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts;
"the complex of shopping malls, houses, and roads
created a new town" [syn: composite]
2: a compound described in terms of the central atom to which
other atoms are bound or coordinated [syn: {coordination
compound}]
3: (psychoanalysis) a combination of emotions and impulses that
have been rejected from awareness but still influence a
person's behavior
4: a whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected
or related structures [syn: building complex]

Moby Dictionary
Byzantine , Chinese puzzle , Diana complex , Electra complex ,
Gordian knot , Herculean , Oedipus complex ,
Rube Goldberg contraption , abstruse , acculturation , amalgamated ,
ambiguous , ambivalent , amphibious , arduous , baffling , balled up ,
bewildering , beyond one , blended , brutal , can of worms ,
castration complex , 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 , difficile , difficult , distracting ,
disturbing , eclectic , elaborate , embodiment , embrangled , entangled ,
entirety , equivocal , ethos , exacting , fascination , father complex ,
fifty-fifty , fixation , fixed idea , folkways , formidable , fouled up ,
garbled , gordian , hairy , half-and-half , hang-up , hard ,
hard to understand , hard-earned , hard-fought , 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 , 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 , 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