complex

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complex
ˈkɒmplɛks Listen
Meanings
adjective
  • consisting of many different and connected parts.
    E.g. 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.
    E.g. in naming complex ions, the names of the ligands are cited first
noun
  • a group or system of different things that are linked in a close or complicated way; a network.
    E.g. a complex of mountain roads
  • 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.
    E.g. two guanine bases can attach themselves to the same platinum atom, forming a stable complex
verb
  • make (an atom or compound) form a complex with another.
    E.g. the DNA was complexed with the nuclear extract

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