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complex

complex

19 7.4
A central metal atom joined to other molecules or ions
  • noun
  • /ˈkɒmplɛks/
  • Specialized
translation icon : complejo
  • The lime applied with the biosolids forms water-soluble organometal complexes that correct both surface and subsoil acidity.
  • structures of the complexes

And those atoms come together into complexes and affect each other causally.

Examples

  • Glycosaminoglycans are covalently linked to peptide chains to form high-molecular-weight complexes called proteoglycans.

    Academic text (1995)
  • You see, iron does not form complex ions with ammonia.

  • Protein complex is interacting with the neurons.

  • The structures of antibody fragments and their complexes with protein antigens have explained many key features of immune defense.

    Academic text (1995)
  • The QRS complex shows the ventricular depolarization, which causes a contraction of the ventricles.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Upon the addition of a peptide version of the antigen, the resulting affibody-Fab complex showed a significant and antigen-dependent increase in fluorescence.

    Academic text (2017)
  • In chemistry class, we learned that a complex contains a central metal atom bonded to surrounding molecules.

  • The laboratory successfully created a new complex using copper as the central atom with water molecules attached.

  • Researchers are studying how the complex formed when iron interacts with chloride ions affects its stability.

Synonyms

coordination compound
vscomplex
  • Specialized
7.0

A central metal atom bonded to surrounding atoms or small groups

refers more generally to a metal bonded to surrounding molecules or ions

Compounds

19 7.0

A powerful group of armed forces and weapons makers that influence government decisions

A problem with many connected parts that is hard to solve

A strong, lasting feeling of not being good enough

Feeling that you are better than other people because you think highly of yourself

complex number
  • Specialized
1 6.3

A number with a real part and an imaginary part written as a + bi

An idea that is hard to understand because it has many connected parts

1 9.9

A hidden wish in a boy to be loved by his mother and to replace his father

A group of connected buildings that share the same purpose

complex sentence
  • Specialized
1 3.5

A sentence with one main clause and one or more clauses that depend on it

B complex
  • Specialized
1 4.4

A group of B vitamins that help the body turn food into energy

B-complex vitamin
  • Specialized
1 3.4

A group of vitamins that dissolve in water and help cells use food for energy

complex conjugate
  • Specialized
1 7.7

A complex number with the same real part and the imaginary part with the opposite sign

A problem about law that is difficult to solve because it has many different parts

complex plane
  • Specialized
1 7.1

A flat surface for showing numbers that have a real part and an imaginary part as points

1 9.9

A daughter's hidden romantic feelings for her father and jealousy of her mother

edifice complex
  • Informal
1 9.4

A strong wish to build very large, showy buildings to show power

1 9.9

A child's strong sexual feelings for a parent of the opposite sex and anger toward the same-sex parent

8.1

A complicated machine with many parts and no clear purpose

complex fraction
  • Specialized
7.8

A number with a fraction in the top or bottom

complex function
  • Specialized
8.5

A function that has two or more variables and shows complicated behavior

A computer design where the main processor runs many built-in instructions

A computer design where the processor runs many complex commands directly in hardware

complex preposition
  • Specialized
4.9

More than one word that work together to show place, time, or other connection like in front of

complex quantity
  • Specialized
9.0

A number with one real part and one imaginary part

complex absence
  • Specialized
9.4

A short seizure that makes you lose awareness and causes muscle weakness or sudden movements

Golgi complex
  • Specialized
4.7

Small sacs inside a cell that change, sort, and pack proteins and fats for transport

Very hard to understand because it is complicated

9.9

A group of genes that make cell-surface proteins telling the immune system if a donated organ is accepted

QRS complex
  • Specialized
6.5

A pattern on a heart test that shows electrical activity when the lower chambers contract

9.9

A group of old flowering plant families important for early flower evolution

A place where older people live and get help and join activities

vitamin B complex
  • Specialized
3.2

A group of substances in food that dissolve in water and help the body make energy

How Complex

supercomplex
  • Specialized
8.5
protein molecule
  • Specialized
1 3.9
complex
  • Specialized
19 7.4

Surface Forms

complex singular
complexes plural

Etymology

Complex comes from Latin parts com- 'together' and plectere 'to braid', meaning parts held or 'woven' together. In chemistry a complex is a central atom with other molecules joined around it, so it is literally parts bound together as one unit.