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complex
noun
1 complex
A conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts:
— The complex of shopping malls, houses, and roads created a new town.
synonym: composite.
Roget 50:
whole,
totality,
integrity;
totalness
etc.
adj.†;
entirety,
ensemble,
collectiveness†;
unity
etc.
87;
completeness
etc.
52;
indivisibility,
indiscerptibility†;
integration,
embodiment;
integer.
all,
the whole,
total,
aggregate,
one and all,
gross amount,
sum,
sum total,
tout ensemble,
length and breadth of,
Alpha and Omega,
be all and end all;"
complex,
complexus†;
lock stock and barrel.
bulk,
mass,
lump,
tissue,
staple,
body,
compages†;
trunk,
torso,
bole,
hull,
hulk,
skeleton greater part,
major part,
best part,
principal part,
main part;
essential part
etc.
(importance)
642;
lion's share,
Benjamin's mess;
the long and the short;
nearly,
all,
almost all.
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Dutch: complex, samenstel
Polish: zespół, kompleks
2 complex
A compound described in terms of the central atom to which other atoms are bound or coordinated.
synonym: coordination compound.
3 complex
psychoanalysis A combination of emotions and impulses that have been rejected from awareness but still influence a person's behavior.
Dutch: complex
Polish: kompleks
4 complex
A whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures.
synonym: building complex.
Dutch: bebouwing
Polish: kompleks
adjective
1 complex
Complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts.
Roget 59:
disorderly,
orderless;
out of order,
out of place,
out of gear;
irregular,
desultory;
anomalous
etc.
(unconformable)
83;
acephalous†,
deranged;
aimless;
disorganized;
straggling;
unmethodical,
immethodical†;
unsymmetric†,
unsystematic;
untidy,
slovenly;
dislocated;
out of sorts;
promiscuous,
indiscriminate;
chaotic,
anarchical;
unarranged
etc.
(arrange)
etc.
60;
confused;
deranged
etc.
61;
topsy-turvy
etc.
(inverted)
218;
shapeless
etc.
241;
disjointed,
out of joint.
troublous†;
riotous
etc.
(violent)
173.
complex
etc.
59.1.
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Roget 84:
numeral,
complementary,
divisible,
aliquot,
reciprocal,
prime,
relatively prime,
fractional,
decimal,
figurate†,
incommensurable.
proportional,
exponential,
logarithmic,
logometric†,
differential,
fluxional†,
integral,
totitive†.
positive,
negative;
rational,
irrational;
surd,
radical,
real;
complex,
imaginary;
finite;
infinite;
impossible.
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2 complex
Difficult to analyze or understand:
— He's more complex than he seems on the surface.
synonym: complicated.
Roget 59a:
gnarled,
knarled†.
complex,
complexed;
intricate,
complicated,
perplexed,
involved,
raveled,
entangled,
knotted,
tangled,
inextricable;
irreducible.
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Polish: skomplikowany, złożony
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