Meaning of complex in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

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.

  Example: 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.