labyrinth

labyrinth (lăb`ərĭnth), intricate building of chambers and passages, often constructed so as to perplex and confuse a person inside. In Egypt, Amenemhet III of the XII dynasty built himself a funeral temple in the form of a great labyrinth near Lake Moeris. More celebrated was a labyrinth in Crete built, according to Greek myth, by Daedalus to house the Minotaur (see Minos).

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labyrinth

 or maze

System of intricate passageways and blind alleys. Labyrinth was the name given by the ancient Greeks and Romans to buildings, entirely or partly underground, containing a number of chambers and passages that made egress difficult. From the European Renaissance on, labyrinths or mazes consisting of intricate paths separated by high hedges were a feature of formal gardens.

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labyrinth

1. 

a. any system of interconnecting cavities, esp those comprising the internal ear

b. another name for internal ear

2. Electronics an enclosure behind a high-performance loudspeaker, consisting of a series of air chambers designed to absorb unwanted sound waves

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labyrinth [′lab·ə‚rinth]

(anatomy)

Any body structure full of intricate cavities and canals.

The inner ear.

(engineering acoustics)

A loudspeaker enclosure having air chambers at the rear that absorb rearward-radiated acoustic energy, to prevent it from interfering with the desired forward-radiated energy.

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Labyrinth

maze at Knossos where Minotaur lived. [Gk. Myth.: Hall, 185]

See : Confusion