Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - complex
Complex
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n. & adj. --n. 1 a building, a series of rooms, a network, etc. made up of related parts (the arts complex). 2 Psychol. a related group of usu. repressed feelings or thoughts which cause abnormal behaviour or mental states (see inferiority complex (see OEDIPUS COMPLEX)). 3 (in general use) a preoccupation or obsession (has a complex about punctuality). 4 Chem. a compound in which molecules or ions form coordinate bonds to a metal atom or ion. --adj. 1 consisting of related parts; composite. 2 complicated (a complex problem). 3 Math. containing real and imaginary parts (cf. IMAGINARY). Phrases and idioms complex sentence a sentence containing a subordinate clause or clauses. Derivatives complexity n. (pl. -ies). complexly adv. Etymology: F complexe or L complexus past part. of complectere embrace, assoc. with complexus plaited
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I. noun Etymology: Late Latin ~us totality, from Latin, embrace, from complecti Date: 1643 a whole made up of complicated or interrelated parts , 2. a group of culture traits relating to a single activity (as hunting), process (as use of flint), or culture unit, b. a group of repressed desires and memories that exerts a dominating influence upon the personality, an exaggerated reaction to or preoccupation with a subject or situation, a group of obviously related units of which the degree and nature of the relationship is imperfectly known, the sum of factors (as symptoms) characterizing a disease or condition, a chemical association of two or more species (as ions or molecules) joined usually by weak electrostatic bonds rather than covalent bonds, a building or group of buildings housing related units , II. adjective see: ply Date: 1645 1. composed of two or more parts ; composite, b. having a bound form as one or more of its immediate constituents , consisting of a main clause and one or more subordinate clauses, hard to separate, analyze, or solve, of, concerned with, being, or containing ~ numbers , ~ly adverb ~ness noun Synonyms: see: ~ III. transitive verb Date: 1658 to make ~ or into a ~, chelate, ~ation noun ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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