complex
adjective
[ ˈkɒmplɛks ]
• consisting of many different and connected parts.
• "a complex network of water channels"
• denoting or involving numbers or quantities containing both a real and an imaginary part.
• denoting an ion or molecule in which one or more groups are linked to a metal atom by coordinate bonds.
• "in naming complex ions, the names of the ligands are cited first"
complex
noun
• a group or system of different things that are linked in a close or complicated way; a network.
• "a complex of mountain roads"
Similar:
network,
system,
nexus,
web,
tissue,
combination,
composite,
synthesis,
fusion,
aggregation,
• a related group of repressed or partly repressed emotionally significant ideas which cause psychic conflict leading to abnormal mental states or behaviour.
• an ion or molecule in which one or more groups are linked to a metal atom by coordinate bonds.
• "two guanine bases can attach themselves to the same platinum atom, forming a stable complex"
complex
verb
• make (an atom or compound) form a complex with another.
• "the DNA was complexed with the nuclear extract"
Origin:
mid 17th century (in the sense ‘group of related elements’): from Latin complexus, past participle (used as a noun) of complectere ‘embrace, comprise’, later associated with complexus ‘plaited’; the adjective is partly via French complexe .
