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complex 1. Maths of or involving one or more complex numbers 2. Psychoanal a group of emotional ideas or impulses that have been banished from the conscious mind but that continue to influence a person's behaviour 3. Informal an obsession or excessive fear 4. a chemical compound in which molecules, groups, or ions are attached to a central metal atom, esp a transition metal atom, by coordinate bonds 5. any chemical compound in which one molecule is linked to another by a coordinate bond complex [′käm‚pleks] (geology) An assemblage of rocks that has been folded together, intricately mixed, involved, or otherwise complicated. (mathematics) A space which is represented as a union of simplices which intersect only on their faces. (medicine) (mineralogy) Composed of many ingredients. (psychology) A group of associated ideas with strong emotional tones, which have been transferred from the conscious mind into the unconscious and which influence the personality. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| A Complex action is one in which the change is accompanied by such Reversal, or by Recognition, or by both. "My great and good friends," he said to his brother sovereigns, "it will be advantageous to you to learn that some questions are more complex and perilous than others, presenting a greater number of points upon which it is possible to differ. As many more individuals of each species are born than can possibly survive; and as, consequently, there is a frequently recurring struggle for existence, it follows that any being, if it vary however slightly in any manner profitable to itself, under the complex and sometimes varying conditions of life, will have a better chance of surviving, and thus be naturally selected. |
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