complex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒm.plɛks/
enpr: kŏm'plĕks
ipa: /ˈkɑmplɛks/
Forms: form: complexes
form: complices
Etymology: From French complexe, from Latin complexus, past participle of complector (“I entwine, encircle, compass, infold”), from com- (“together”) and plectere (“to weave, braid”). May be analyzed as com- + -plex. See complect. Doublet of complexus.
Senses: examples: text: military-industrial complex
glosses: A network of interconnected systems.
examples: text: The south polar region of Promethei Planum developed a Bermuda Triangle reputation. Satellites detected intermittent mass concentrations and magnetic field shifts. In 2148, prospectors working near Deseado Crater discovered an underground complex: a Prothean observation post. The odd phenomena were generated by the operation and discharge of a mass effect core, struggling to function despite fifty millennia of neglect.
ref: 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Protheans: Mars Ruins Codex entry:
text: A man at the complex said he had seen the often heavily made-up girls coming and going in luxury vehicles.
ref: 2021 February 6, The Courier-Mail, Brisbane, page 4, column 1:
glosses: A collection of buildings with a common purpose, such as a university or military base.
examples: text: This parable of the wedding supper comprehends in it the whole complex of all the blessings and privileges exhibited by the gospel.
ref: 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:
glosses: An assemblage of related things; a collection.
glosses: An assemblage of related things; a collection.
An organized cluster of thunderstorms.
examples: text: The fire complex began as two separate fires.
text: As of early Wednesday, there were at least 25 major wildfires and fire complexes, the term given to multiple fires in a single geographic area, burning in California, Christine McMorrow, a Cal Fire information officer, said.
ref: 2020 September 16, “Millions of acres burn in California as weather improves in Northwest.”, in The New York Times, retrieved 16 Sep 2020:
glosses: An assemblage of related things; a collection.
A cluster of wildfires burning in the same vicinity.
examples: text: Since then, a good deal of research has documented and concluded that the nominal species A. fraterculus actually comprises an unresolved complex of cryptic species.
ref: 2015 November 26, Mosè Manni et al., “Relevant genetic differentiation among Brazilian populations of Anastrepha fraterculus (Diptera, Tephritidae)”, in ZooKeys, volume 540, →DOI:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
glosses: An assemblage of related things; a collection.
A group of closely related species, often distinguished only with difficulty by traditional morphological methods.
synonyms: species complex
species group
species aggregate
hyponyms: species flock
superspecies
examples: text: Jim has a real complex about working for a woman boss.
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
synonyms: constellation
glosses: A group of emotionally charged ideas or mental factors, unconsciously associated by the individual with a particular subject, arising from repressed instincts, fears, or desires and often resulting in mental abnormality.
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
synonyms: constellation
glosses: A group of emotionally charged ideas or mental factors, unconsciously associated by the individual with a particular subject, arising from repressed instincts, fears, or desires and often resulting in mental abnormality.
A fixed mental tendency or obsession.
examples: text: Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis:[…]. The evolutionary precursor of photosynthesis is still under debate, and a new study sheds light. The critical component of the photosynthetic system is the “water-oxidizing complex”, made up of manganese atoms and a calcium atom.
ref: 2013 September-October, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A structure consisting of a central atom or molecule weakly connected to surrounding atoms or molecules, as for example coordination complexes in inorganic chemistry and protein complexes in biochemistry.
examples: text: The interesting aspect here is that U₃ is irreducible, even though all irreps over the complexes are one-dimensional because ℤ₄ is abelian.
ref: 1996, Barry Simon, Representations of Finite and Compact Groups, page 50:
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A complex number.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A multimorphemic word, one with several parts, one with affixes.
Derived terms: word: activated complex
word: AIDS-related complex
word: anaphase-promoting complex
word: animal-industrial complex
word: antenna complex
word: apartment complex
word: Atlas complex
word: biocomplex
word: bithorax complex
word: Bötzinger complex
word: Cassandra complex
word: chain complex
word: chelate complex
word: Cinderella complex
word: cineplex
word: coalplex
word: cochain complex
word: complement membrane attack complex
word: complexability
word: complexation
word: complexometric
word: complexometry
word: complexone
english: coordinated complex, metal complex, Werner complex
translation: coordinated complex, metal complex, Werner complex
word: coordination complex
word: crusader complex
word: CW complex
word: cyclopentadienyl complex
word: edifice complex
word: Electra complex
word: exciplex
word: exosome complex
word: Fashoda complex
word: flag complex
word: Frankenstein complex
word: Ghon complex
word: Ghon's complex
word: God complex
word: Golgi complex
word: Googleplex
word: gora complex
word: guilt complex
word: hemicomplex
word: heterocomplex
word: holocomplex
word: homocomplex
word: hydrido complex(hydro complex)
word: hypercomplex
word: immune complex
word: immunocomplex
word: inclusion complex
word: industrial complex
word: inferiority complex
word: inner orbital complex
word: intercomplex
word: intracomplex
word: Jocasta complex
word: K-complex
word: launch complex
word: L-complex
word: leopard complex
word: Lolita complex
word: macrocomplex
word: Madonna/whore complex
word: Madonna-whore complex
word: marriage-industrial complex
word: megacomplex
word: membrane attack complex
word: memeplex
english: Christ complex
translation: Christ complex
word: messiah complex
word: metacomplex
word: metal aquo complex
word: metallocomplex
word: metroplex
word: microcomplex
word: military-entertainment complex
word: military-industrial complex
word: monosodium glutamate symptom complex
word: MSG symptom complex
word: multicomplex
word: nanocomplex
word: Napoleon complex
word: Napoléon complex
word: nuclear pore complex
word: nucleocomplex
word: nuplex
word: odontocomplex
word: Oedipus complex
word: orthoplex
word: oxocomplex
word: penal-industrial complex
word: persecution complex
word: Phaedra complex
word: phytocomplex
word: polycomplex
word: polyplex
word: precomplex
word: prison-industrial complex
word: protein complex
word: QRS complex
word: radiocomplex
word: Ranke complex
word: Ranke's complex
word: savior complex
word: serocomplex
word: sexual complex
word: simplicial complex
word: species complex
word: subcomplex
word: supercomplex
word: superiority complex
word: superior olivary complex
word: supracomplex
word: sysplex
word: technocomplex
word: ternary complex
word: tetracomplex
word: TORCH complex
word: vitamin B complex
word: WAGR complex