complex


Definition: Meaning of, complex in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈkɒmplɛks /

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  1. consisting of many different parts and often difficult to understand [=  complicated]
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  2. technical a complex word or sentence contains a main part and one or more other parts [↪  compound]
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complex complexes
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  1. a group of buildings, or a large building with many parts, used for a particular purpose
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  2. a complex of something formal a large number of things which are closely related
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  3. an emotional problem in which someone is unnecessarily anxious about something or thinks too much about something
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complex used in phrases

  • B complex (noun)
    1. originally thought to be a single vitamin but now separated into several B vitamins
  • B-complex vitamin (noun)
    1. originally thought to be a single vitamin but now separated into several B vitamins
  • Electra complex (noun)
    1. a complex of females; sexual attraction to the father
  • Golgi complex (noun)
    1. especially in those cells that produce secretions a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells
  • Oedipal complex (noun)
    1. a complex of males; desire to possess the mother sexually and to exclude the father; said to be a source of personality disorders if unresolved
  • Oedipus complex (noun)
    1. according to Freudian PSYCHOLOGY, when a son unconsciously feels sexual desire for his mother, combined with a hatred for his father
  • building complex (noun)
    1. as a building a whole structure made up of interconnected or related structures
  • complex absence (noun)
    1. atonia, automatisms or vasomotor changes an absence seizure accompanied by other abnormalities
  • complex body part (noun)
    1. a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing
  • complex conjugate (noun)
    1. either of two complex numbers whose real parts are identical and whose imaginary parts differ only in sign
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